Craigsville School Explained

Craigsville School
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 11, 1984[1]
Designated Other1 Number:007-1146
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:38.0795°N -79.3797°W
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Vernacular Colonial Revival
Added:February 27, 1985
Refnum:85000383

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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Craigsville School. Ann McCleary. September 1984. and Accompanying photo