The Woodlawn School is a historic school building located near

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. It is based on a design by architects Barrett & Thomson and built in two stages in 1911-12 and 1913. It is a Queen Anne style frame building with a gable roof and

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. The listing included one

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and two

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(a ballfield and a wood shed) on . It was originally used as a school and

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and, after 1935, exclusively as a community center. A stage was added to one of the classrooms and the ballfield constructed in 1939, with

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in 1991.

Notable faculty

* Mary White Scott, schoolteacher and First Lady of North Carolina

References

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Notable faculty

See also

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