W. E. B. DuBois School

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

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

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| name = W. E. B. DuBois School

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| location = 536 Franklin St., Wake Forest, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|35|59|6|N|78|30|4|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = {{Start date|1926}}, 1939, 1942

| architect = Simpson, Frank B.

| architecture = Colonial Revival

| added = October 5, 1993

| area = {{convert|4|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500376|title=Wake County MPS}}

| refnum = 93000998{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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W. E. B. DuBois School, also known as Wake Forest Graded School (Colored), Wake Forest Colored High School, and Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School, is a historic Rosenwald School building and school complex located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The elementary school was built in 1926, consists of a one-story, seven-bay, brick veneer, main block with a rear ell and Colonial Revival style design elements. It has a side-gable roof and front portico. The High School Building was built in 1939 with funds provided by the Public Works Administration. It is a one-story, rectangular brick block with a hipped roof and slightly projecting gabled portico. The Agriculture Building/Shop was brought to this site in 1942. It is a one-story, L-shaped brick building, with the addition built about 1952–1953.{{Cite web | author = Beth P. Thomas | title = W. E. B. DuBois School | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = March 1993| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/WA1657.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2015-06-01}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.