Sheep-Harney Elementary School
Front view
Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Started: 1940
Completed: 1940
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Description
Sheep-Harney Elementary School was built in 1940 as a project of the Works Projects Administration. It was constructed on the site of an earlier school as S.L. Sheep Junior High School, and named for an educational leader in Elizabeth City. It is a building noted for its exceptional Art Deco details.
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Detail of facade
Sheep-Harney Elementary School
Detail of facade
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Detail of entrance
Sheep-Harney Elementary School
Detail of entrance
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Side view from north
Sheep-Harney Elementary School
Side view from north
Source notes
Butchko, Thomas R. On the Shores of the Pasquotank: The Architectural Heritage of Elizabeth City and Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Elizabeth City, N.C.: Museum of the Albemarle, 1989.
Project originally submitted by Sarah Downing on July 28, 2014.
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