J. C. Price High School was originally housed in the Monroe Street School. The Rosenwald Fund supported the construction of a school building with a grant of $5,300. A gymnasium was built in 1951, a classroom building was built parallel to the original building in 1956–1957, and cafeteria in 1956-1957
The complex consists of four symmetrically positioned one-story brick buildings built between 1931 and 1957. The original building was built in 1931–1932, and is an H-shaped, Colonial Revival style brick building.
^Davyd Foard Hood (August 2009). "J.C. Price High School"(pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.