Shiloh School Explained

Shiloh School
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 19, 1991[1]
Designated Other1 Number:066-0034
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Jct. of VA 605 and VA 606, near Kilmarnock, Virginia
Coordinates:37.7681°N -76.3308°W
Builder:Kent, Elliot F.
Added:January 22, 1992
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:91001976

Shiloh School is a historic one-room school building located near Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia. It was built in 1906, and is a one-story, three-bay, simple frame building measuring 20 feet by 34 feet. It sits on a brick foundation and has a standing seam metal gable roof. Jessie Ball duPont (1884-1970) taught at the school in 1906–1907. It was used as a schoolhouse until 1929, and subsequently used for farm storage.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Shiloh School . Helen Lee Fletcher. December 1990. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo