Dry Bridge School Explained

Dry Bridge Elementary School
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 18, 2008[1]
Designated Other1 Number:120-5034
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:36.692°N -79.8487°W
Built:-1930
Builder:Moore Lumber Co.; Finley, McCoy & Hinskey
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:February 25, 2009
Mpsub:Rosenwald Schools in Virginia MPS
Refnum:09000065

Dry Bridge Elementary School, also known as East Martinsville Grammar School, is a historic Rosenwald school located at Martinsville, Virginia. It was built between 1928 and 1930, and is a one-story, rectangular brick building with a concrete foundation, brick walls and deck-on-hip roof. The building housed four classrooms. Annexation brought Dry Bridge School into the Martinsville School District in 1948, and a freestanding school addition was built beside Dry Bridge School in 1958. The two buildings were called the East Martinsville Grammar School. The school closed at the end of the 1967–1968 school year as the result of school desegregation in Martinsville. In 1969, MARC Workshop, Inc. began occupying the building.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 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: Dry Bridge Elementary School. John R. Kern & Michael J. Pulice. n.d. . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos