Murphey School

{{short description|Historic school building in North Carolina, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Murphey School

| nrhp_type =

| image = MURPHEY SCHOOL, ORANGE COUNTY.jpg

| caption = Murphey School, March 2007

| location = 3729 Murphy School Rd., near Hillsborough, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|36|1|44|N|79|0|54|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = {{Start date|1923}}, 1939, 1959

| architect = Linthicum, Henri C.; et al.

| architecture = Classical Revival, Bungalow/craftsman

| added = August 20, 2009

| area = {{convert|7|acre}}

| refnum = 09000637{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Murphey School is a historic school complex located near Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. The Murphey School was built in 1923, and is a one-story, Spanish Revival style brick building with a hip-on-hip roof covered in pressed metal shingles resembling terra cotta tiles. The front facade features a projecting central hip roof front entrance. Attached to the school is a one-story neoclassical style auditorium addition built in 1936 with a Doric order portico. Also on the property is a contributing {{frac|1|1|2}}-story bungalow style teacherage (c. 1923), well house (c. 1932), and water tower (c. 1936).{{Cite web | author =Megan Privett| title =Murphey School| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =November 2008| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/OR0467.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2015-02-01}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

The Murphey School Auditorium is the current home of Burning Coal Theatre Company.