Panther Branch School

Panther Branch School
Location NC 2727, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of NC 183, near Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°37′59″N 78°38′28″W / 35.63306°N 78.64111°W / 35.63306; -78.64111Coordinates: 35°37′59″N 78°38′28″W / 35.63306°N 78.64111°W / 35.63306; -78.64111
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1926 (1926)
Built by Ballentine Co.
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Wake County MPS
NRHP Reference # 01000421[1]
Added to NRHP May 8, 2001

Panther Branch School, also known as Juniper Level School, is a historic Rosenwald School building located near Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a one-story, frame, weatherboarded building with Colonial Revival style design elements. It sits on a brick pier foundation infilled with concrete block. The school closed in 1952. It is owned by the Juniper Level Baptist Church, who uses the building as a meeting place and social hall.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Nancy Van Dolsen (December 2000). "Panther Branch School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.


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