Old Richmond Schoolhouse and Gymnasium


Old Richmond Schoolhouse and Gymnasium
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Old Richmond Schoolhouse and Gymnasium, August 2013
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Location	6315 and 6375 Tobaccoville Rd., near Tobaccoville, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°12′17″N 80°23′26″W / 36.20472°N 80.39056°W / 36.20472; -80.39056Coordinates: 36°12′17″N 80°23′26″W / 36.20472°N 80.39056°W / 36.20472; -80.39056
Area	1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built	1914 (1914)
NRHP Reference #	08001362^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 21, 2009

Old Richmond Schoolhouse and Gymnasium is a historic school building and gymnasium located near Tobaccoville, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The Old Richmond Schoolhouse was built about 1914, and is a one-story, three bay, rectangular frame building with a projecting center bay. It sits on a brick pier foundation and has a side gable roof with exposed rafter ends. The gymnasium was built about 1940 with fund by the Works Progress Administration, and is a tall one-story, weatherboard-clad frame building with a gable roof. The Old Richmond Schoolhouse was restored in 1980 for use as a museum.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Susannah V. Franklin (March 2007). "Old Richmond Schoolhouse and Gymnasium" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.

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