Britton's Neck Elementary School

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Britton's Neck Elementary School

Street Address:

E side of Hwy 908

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Site Number:

0700

Control Number:

U/67/0700

Date Surveyed:

August 11 2006

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1930

Alteration Date:

circa 1960

Historic Use:

Education

Current Use:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Core Shape:

Irregular

Number of Stories:

1.5

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Roof Shape:

hip

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

Porch Width:

entrance bay only

Porch Shape:

gable

Signficant Architectural Features:

the front entrance (on the W elevation) consists of recessed double doors in an arched portico with a concrete keystone & corbelled edges - the stoop is concrete & back - the doors are 2-panel (vertical) with 9-pane windows & a full fan light transom; there is a secondary entrance on the S elevation that also consists of a concrete & brick stoop leading up to 2-panel (vertical) doors with 9-pane windows & a full fan light transom; most of the original windows have been replaced with 9/9 double hung sash windows (wooden); central (interior) brick chimney & a secondary interior brick chimney in the rear of the building

Alterations:

there is what appears to be a 1960s addition or the N elevation with a flat roof & 1/1 horizontal single sash windows (wooden)

Historical Information:

the first graduating class from Britton's Neck School was in 1935; the school may have been constructed in 1934 based a the recollections of several local residents

Source of Historical Information:

Thomas Altman, 6813 Hwy 908; Earle Owens, 7051 Hwy 908; Britton's Neck

Quadrangle Name:

Brittons Neck

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