Weston Colored School | |
Nrhp Type: | nrhp |
Nocat: | yes |
Location: | 345 Center St., Weston, West Virginia |
Coordinates: | 39.0397°N -80.4647°W |
Architecture: | Mission/Spanish Revival |
Added: | April 9, 1993 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 93000224 |
Nrhp Type2: | indcp |
Partof: | Weston Downtown Residential Historic District |
Partof Refnum: | 04001596 |
Designated Nrhp Type2: | February 2, 2005 |
Weston Colored School, also known as the Central West Virginia Genealogical & Historical Library and Museum and Frontier School, is a historic one-room school building located at Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was built in 1882, and is a single-story rubbed red brick building on a fieldstone foundation. It originally measured 22feet by 28feet, then enlarged in 1928 by 12feet, 6inches. It was used as an educational facility for the community's African-American youth until desegregation in 1954. It was subsequently used for storage, then an agricultural classroom for the Lewis County High School,[1] and as a shop for mentally disabled students. It afterwards was used by the Central West Virginia Genealogical & Historical Library and Museum.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It is located in the Weston Downtown Residential Historic District, listed in 2005.