Flat Rock School - Mt Airy, NC
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fatcat161
N 36° 30.768 W 080° 34.087
17S E 538671 N 4040914
Flat Rock School is in the Flat Rock community east of Mount Airy. Is is easily found by taking Pine St (Hwy 103) east out of Mount Airy. It is on the left.
Waymark Code: WM7EG1
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2009
Views: 7
All but one of the more than 400 students escaped the fire on February 22, 1957. Larry Adams, 9-year-old third grader, was the only one who didn't get out. His teacher, Mrs. Cora Beasley, was among five teachers critically burned. Adams was a polio victim and moved about very poorly. Mrs. Beasley died two days later. Approximately 25 students were critically burned.
The fire started at the rear of the auditorium.
A book "Tragedy to Triumph: The Historical Account of the Flat Rock School Fire" about the fire by Randle E. Brim is avaliable.
Type of Structure: Public building
Other: School
Construction Date: 01/01/1925
Fire Date: 02/22/1957
Structure status: Gutted building
Cause of Fire:
Wiring.
Documentation of the fire: [Web Link]
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