Victoria High School (Victoria, Virginia) Explained

Victoria High School
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:October 18, 1995[1]
Designated Other1 Number:317-0012
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Jct. of Eighth St. and Lee Ave., Victoria, Virginia
Coordinates:36.9958°N -78.2247°W
Built:-1923
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:January 22, 1996
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:95001561

Victoria High School is a historic high school building located at Victoria, Lunenburg County, Virginia. It was built in 1922–1923, and is a one-story, five-bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Classical Revival style. The front facade features a pedimented portico with round wooden Doric order columns and square pilasters. The portico projects from a pavilion that spans the center three bays of the school's front facade. It was the principal public school building for white students from the date of its construction until it closed in 1966.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Victoria High School . J. Daniel Pezzoni. July 1995. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo