Scrabble School | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | September 5, 2007[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 078-5107 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | 111 Scrabble Rd., Castleton, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.5839°N -78.1494°W |
Architecture: | Bungalow/craftsman |
Added: | October 31, 2007 |
Mpsub: | Rosenwald Schools in Virginia MPS |
Refnum: | 07001143 |
Scrabble School is a historic Rosenwald school for African-American children located near Castleton, Rappahannock County, Virginia. It was built in 1921–1922, and is a one-story, wood-frame building clad in rough-cast stucco siding. The building sits on a poured concrete foundation. It features overhanging eaves, a wood cornice, exposed rafter tails, anddecorative corner brackets in the American Craftsman style. Also on the property are the contributing concrete block coal house/shed (c. 1950) and septic tanks / privy sites (c. 1922). The school was permanently closed in 1968.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.