Glebe Schoolhouse Explained

Glebe Schoolhouse
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 11, 1984[1]
Designated Other1 Number:007-0706
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:38.11°N -79.2214°W
Added:February 27, 1985
Refnum:85000386

Glebe Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school building located near Summerdean, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built in 1830, as a one-room, brick schoolhouse with a gable roof and gable-end chimney. It is the only extant one-room school of brick construction, the oldest documented schoolhouse, and one of the few surviving privately built schoolhouses in Virginia. The school closed in the early-20th century, and subsequently converted to a private dwelling.[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.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Glebe Schoolhouse. Ann McCleary. September 1984. and Accompanying photo