- City:
- Elizabeth City, NC
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1940
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.
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.Site originally submitted by Sarah Downing on July 28, 2014.
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