BINGHAM SCHOOL BARRACKS / DORMITORIES
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- BINGHAM SCHOOL (MEBANE LOCATION) by SteveR, Wed, 01/11/2023 - 3:51pm
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- Sun, 02/05/2023 - 5:36pm by SteveR
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The barracks/dormitories were built in mid-1882 [1]. T.C. Oakley of Durham was the contractor [2]. They replaced several log structures that had been used as dorms and classrooms [3].
They were described as "carefully constructed by Mrs. Wm. Bingham, at great cost, and were expressly designed for safety, comfort, health, free ventilation, lighting, heating, and freedom from dampness" [4].
A 1905 description of them is "The dormitories are in eight sections, with six rooms to each section.Three of these sections are on the east side and three on the west of a rectangular court, of which the main school building forms the north side" [5].




ENDNOTES:
[1] The Alamance Gleaner, Jun 22, 1882 (via Phil Mace)
[2] Ibid
[3] Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction, 1898. 157
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