J.C. Price High School, also known as the Joseph Charles Price High School, is a historic

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complex located at

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. The school served as Salisbury's high school for African-American students from 1932 through the 1968–1969 school year. It was listed on the

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in 2010. J. C. Price High School was originally housed in the Monroe Street School. The

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supported the construction of a school building with a grant of $5,300. A gymnasium was built in 1951, a classroom building was built parallel to the original building in 1956–1957, and cafeteria in 1956-1957 The complex consists of four symmetrically positioned one-story brick buildings built between 1931 and 1957. The original building was built in 1931–1932, and is an H-shaped,

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-style brick building.

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