Walker's Creek Schoolhouse Explained

Walker's Creek Schoolhouse
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 11, 1984[1]
Designated Other1 Number:007-0539
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Walker Creek Road, near Newport, Virginia
Coordinates:38.0158°N -79.3317°W
Built:c.
Added:February 27, 1985
Refnum:85000396

Walker's Creek Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school building located near Newport, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built about 1850, as a one-room, rectangular log, gable roofed schoolhouse measuring 22 feet by 26 feet. It has a large stone chimney, and a later shed addition and front porch. The school closed about 1935, and after 1948 was converted to a 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: Walker's Creek Schoolhouse. Ann McCleary. September 1984. and Accompanying photo