Bingham School is a historic school complex located at Oaks, Orange County, North Carolina. The complex includes a large, expansive, multi-stage headmaster's house, a contemporary smokehouse and well house. The oldest section of the house is a log structure that forms the rear ell and dates to the early 19th century. Attached to it is a frame addition. The front section of the house, is a two-story Greek Revival style, three bay by two bay, frame block dated to about 1845. The rear of the house features a colonnaded porch with Doric order columns that carries along the rear of the two-story section and the front of the ell. The school operated at this location from about 1845 to near the end of the American Civil War.[2]
Bingham School | |
 Headmaster's home, Bingham School, March 2007 | |
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| Location | NC 54 and SR 1007, Oaks, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°57′13″N 79°15′16″W / 35.95361°N 79.25444°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1845 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001969[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 18, 1978 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
Notable alumni
edit- Frank Mebane (1865–1926), American industrialist
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Catherin W. Bishir and Diane Lea (n.d.). "Bingham School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.