First built as a one-room school in 1868 on land donated by Mr. William Hunt Sr, an educated African American farmer in Currituck, His gift of land included property for a church.

Replaced in the 1890s with a two-room building and again expanded in 1911 to its current size.

The Jarvisburg Colored School is a two-story, frame building built of cypress wood with Queen Anne style design elements.

[2] Today, the Jarvisburg Colored School serves as a Museum to share the stories of former students and histories of all the Colored Schools in Currituck County, North Carolina.

This article about a property in Currituck County, North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.