Mebane in Alamance County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Woodlawn School

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2024

1. Woodlawn School Marker

Inscription. One room school built 1911. Used for school 1911-1935. Later used as church, community center.

National Register of Historic Places 1991

Erected by Alamance County Historic Properties Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1911.

Location. 36° 6.607′ N, 79° 17.702′ W. Marker is in Mebane, North Carolina, in Alamance County. It is at the intersection of Mebane Rogers Road and Wilkerson Trail, on the right when traveling west on Mebane Rogers Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4432 Mebane Rogers Rd, Mebane NC 27302, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and specifically in Piedmont Triad.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of

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America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Alexander Mebane (approx. 1.9 miles away); White Furniture (approx. 1.9 miles away); Trading Path (approx. 2 miles away); Bingham School (approx. 2.6 miles away); a different marker also named Bingham School (approx. 2.8 miles away); Charles Richard Drew (approx. 3.1 miles away); Hawfields Church (approx. 3.6 miles away); Cross Roads Presbyterian Church (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mebane.

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2024

2. Woodlawn School Marker

Looking east along Mebane Rogers Rd towards Wilkerson Trail, which leads up to Woodlawn School.

Woodlawn School Marker looking west along Mebane Rogers NcC image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2024

3. Woodlawn School Marker looking west along Mebane Rogers NcC

Woodlawn School Marker with the historic school across the field image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2024

4. Woodlawn School Marker with the historic school across the field

Woodlawn School front side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2024

5. Woodlawn School front side

Woodlawn School rear side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2024

6. Woodlawn School rear side

Woodlawn School interior image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2024

7. Woodlawn School interior

Woodlawn School wellhouse to be east of the schoolhouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 18, 2024

8. Woodlawn School wellhouse to be east of the schoolhouse

Credits. This page was last revised on October 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 379 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 18, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. 7, 8. submitted on September 30, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.