Buena Vista Colored School Explained

Buena Vista Colored School
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 4, 2002[1]
Designated Other1 Number:103-5053
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:30th St. and Aspen Ave., Buena Vista, Virginia
Coordinates:37.7443°N -79.3531°W
Architecture:brick school house
Added:April 2, 2003
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:03000191

Buena Vista Colored School is a historic school building for African American children located at Buena Vista, Virginia. It was built in 1914, and expanded in 1926. It is a one-story, brick structure with a hipped, sheet metal roof. Also on the property is a contributing brick outbuilding once used to store wood and coal. The building served as the only local school for African American children in grades 1–7 from 1914 to 1957. The Buena Vista Colored School Historical Society was organized in 2002 to restore the school as a museum and community center.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Buena Vista Colored School. Francis W. Lynn. August 2002. and Accompanying two photos