West View Schoolhouse
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West View Schoolhouse | |
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| Location | VA 774 and 773, Weyers Cave, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°16′2″N 78°54′42″W / 38.26722°N 78.91167°WCoordinates: 38°16′2″N 78°54′42″W / 38.26722°N 78.91167°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | c. 1875, c. 1890 |
| MPS | Public Schools in Augusta County Virginia 1870-1940 TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 85000397[1] |
| VLR # | 007-0426 |
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| Added to NRHP | February 27, 1985 |
| Designated VLR | December 11, 1984[2] |
West View Schoolhouse is a historic public school building located at Weyers Cave, Augusta County, Virginia. It is a two-room schoolhouse with the first room built about 1875, and the second added by 1890. It is of frame construction with a limestone and brick foundation. The interior is considered the least altered and best preserved of all the surviving one- and two-room schools in Augusta County.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ↑ Ann McCleary (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: West View Schoolhouse" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
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