Number 18 School in Marshall

Number 18 School in Marshall is a historic one-room school located at Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia. It was built about 1887, and is a rectangular frame building, covered with weatherboard, and resting on a stone foundation, with a metal gable roof with a centrally located brick stove flue. Atop the roof is a reconstructed cupola. It is the only surviving unimpaired one-room schoolhouse in Fauquier County. It was originally constructed for white students, then from the fall of 1910 to 1964 (when it closed), a school for African-American children.[3][4]

Number 18 School in Marshall
Number 18 School in Marshall, June 2011
LocationJunction of VA 55 and VA 622, Marshall, Virginia
Coordinates38°52′10″N 77°49′53″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1887 (1887)
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.97001405[1]
VLR No.030-0135
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 7, 1997
Designated VLRJuly 2, 1997[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. High in Old Virginia's Piedmont: A history of Marshall (formerly Salem, Fauquier County Virginia, by John K Gott, 1987
  4. Glen Ellen Alderton (May 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Number 18 School in Marshall" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos


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