The first high school in Hobucken was built in 1923-24.
The Minutes of the Board of Education shows that "the night
of February 12, 1936, this new brick high school burned. The
contract was approved on July 8, 1936 to build another school on the same
site." The school was completed and everything seemed to be running
on an even keel when in January 1940 the new school burned. In October 1940,
another contract was approved to rebuild on the same site. During
the 1940s, plans and discussions occurred concerning consolidation of all
Pamlico County high schools. This was completed, and in 1951, the
last high school graduation was held at Hobucken. The elementary
school remained at Hobucken until 1967 when the county consolidated all
the elementary schools. After the consolidation of
the county schools in 1967, this building became the home of the Hobucken
Community Center in 1969. On September 15, 1999 during Hurricane Floyd a
tornado destroyed several structures including the school. Today, a new
Community Building
and
Post Office are on this site. [from The
Goose Creek Islander, pgs. 54-59].
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