Armstead T. Johnson High School | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | June 17, 1998[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 096-0113 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | 18849 State Route 3, Montross, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.0775°N -76.7817°W |
Builder: | C.E Nuchals, Raymond Dowling |
Architecture: | Colonial Revival |
Added: | August 14, 1998 |
Refnum: | 98001071 |
Armstead T. Johnson High School is a historic high school complex for African-American students located near Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia. The main building was built in 1937, and is a one-story, U-shaped Colonial Revival style brick building. Contributing structures on the property include the one-story, frame Industrial Arts Building and the one-story, frame Home Economics Cottage. At a time when the state had a policy of legal racial segregation in public schools, this was among the first purpose-built high schools for African Americans on the Northern Neck of Virginia.[2]
The building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, is now operated as a museum to preserve the history and legacy of education for African-American students in the Northern Neck, especially in Westmoreland County. It has collections, artifacts, memorabilia, and other materials related to this period.[3]