Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute
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Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute | |
| File:Henderson Institute Library.jpg Front of the building | |
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| Location | 629 W. Rock Spring St., Henderson, North Carolina |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 95001399[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 29, 1995 |
Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute is a historic school building located at Henderson, North Carolina. It was built in 1928, and is a plain, two-story brick building with Colonial Revival-style design elements. It is the only surviving reminder of the Henderson Institute that was established in the town of Henderson in Vance County in 1887. The Henderson Institute was established by the Freedmen's Mission Board of the United Presbyterian Church of North America to provide secondary education for African-Americans. The building houses the Henderson Institute Historical Museum.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
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Categories:
- Museums in Vance County, North Carolina
- African-American history of North Carolina
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina
- School buildings completed in 1928
- Buildings and structures in Vance County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Vance County, North Carolina
- African-American museums in North Carolina
- 1928 establishments in North Carolina
- Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina
- Research Triangle region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs