Weston Colored School, also known as the Central West Virginia Genealogical & Historical Library and Museum and Frontier School, is a historic one-room school building located at Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was built in 1882, and is a single-story rubbed red brick building on a fieldstone foundation. It originally measured 22feet by 28feet, then enlarged in 1928 by 12feet, 6inches. It was used as an educational facility for the community's African-American youth until desegregation in 1954. It was subsequently used for storage, then an agricultural classroom for the Lewis County High School,[2] and as a shop for mentally disabled students. It afterwards was used by the Central West Virginia Genealogical & Historical Library and Museum.[3]
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| Location | 345 Center St., Weston, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°2′23″N 80°27′53″W / 39.03972°N 80.46472°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Revival |
| Part of | Weston Downtown Residential Historic District (ID04001596) |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000224[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | April 9, 1993 |
| Designated CP | February 2, 2005 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It is located in the Weston Downtown Residential Historic District, listed in 2005.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Mountaineer Military Museum, Previously Weston Colored School, 1882-1954". Clio. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ Joy Gregoire Gilchrist (December 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Weston Colored School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
External links
edit- Central West Virginia Genealogy and History Library and Museum - operated by the Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants
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