| Switchback School | |
| Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
| Designated Other1 Date: | September 19, 2013[1] |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 008-5042 |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 38.0117°N -79.8428°W |
| Built: | -1925, 1933, c. 1960 |
| Architect: | Rosenwald Fund |
| Added: | December 24, 2013 |
| Mpsub: | Rosenwald Schools in Virginia MPS |
| Refnum: | 13000985[2] |
Switchback School, also known as Union Hurst School, is a historic Rosenwald school located near Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia. It was built in 1924–1925, and is a one-story, frame, graded two-teacher type of public school. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a side-gable roof. A major addition at the south end was built in 1933 and a second addition was built about 1960. Also on the property are a contributing privy (c. 1950); a cistern constructed as part of a Civilian Conservation Corps site improvement project (late-1930s); and three stone walls built by the workers from the Works Progress Administration (late-1930s). It is one of approximately 70 Rosenwald schools that survive of the 364 that were built across Virginia for the education of African-American students.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[2]