Craigsville School, also known as Craigsville Grammar School, is a historic public school building located at Craigsville, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built in 1917, and is a large, two-story symmetrical rectangular brick building with a full double-pile, central-passage plan. It features a one-story, wooden entrance portico and original wooden belfry atop the low-pitched hipped roof in the Colonial Revival style. The school closed in 1968, and was converted to 14 apartments in 1982–1984.[3]
Craigsville School | |
![]() Front and southwestern side | |
Location | Railroad Ave., Craigsville, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°04′46″N 79°22′47″W / 38.0795°N 79.3797°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1917 |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Vernacular Colonial Revival |
MPS | Public Schools in Augusta County Virginia 1870--1940 TR |
NRHP reference No. | 85000383[1] |
VLR No. | 007-1146 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 27, 1985 |
Designated VLR | December 11, 1984[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ Ann McCleary (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Craigsville School" (PDF). and Accompanying photo