Walker's Creek Schoolhouse

United States historic place
Walker's Creek Schoolhouse
Virginia Landmarks Register
Southwestern side
38°0′57″N 79°19′54″W / 38.01583°N 79.33167°W / 38.01583; -79.33167
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850)
MPSPublic Schools in Augusta County Virginia 1870-1940 TR
NRHP reference No.85000396[1]
VLR No.007-0539
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 1985
Designated VLRDecember 11, 1984[2]

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.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "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 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Ann McCleary (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walker's Creek Schoolhouse" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
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