Bingham School
Bingham School | |
Headmaster's home, Bingham School, March 2007 | |
35°57′13″N 79°15′16″W / 35.95361°N 79.25444°W / 35.95361; -79.25444 | |
Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
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Built | 1845 (1845) |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 78001969[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 18, 1978 |
Bingham School is a historic school complex located at Oaks, Orange County, North Carolina. The complex includes a large, expansive, multi-stage headmaster's house, a contemporary smokehouse and well house. The oldest section of the house is a log structure that forms the rear ell and dates to the early 19th century. Attached to it is a frame addition. The front section of the house, is a two-story Greek Revival style, three bay by two bay, frame block dated to about 1845. The rear of the house features a colonnaded porch with Doric order columns that carries along the rear of the two-story section and the front of the ell. The school operated at this location from about 1845 to near the end of the American Civil War.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
Notable alumni
- Frank Mebane (1865–1926), American industrialist
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Catherin W. Bishir and Diane Lea (n.d.). "Bingham School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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