Millwood Colored School
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Millwood Colored School | |
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Millwood Community Center, originally Millwood Colored School | |
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| Location | 1610 Millwood Rd., Boyce, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°04′29″N 78°02′31″W / 39.0748°N 78.0419°WCoordinates: 39°04′29″N 78°02′31″W / 39.0748°N 78.0419°W |
| Area | 0.7 acres (0.28 ha) |
| Built | 1910 |
| NRHP Reference # | 00001431[1] |
| VLR # | 021-0192-0008 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 22, 2000 |
| Designated VLR | September 13, 2000[2] |
Millwood Colored School, now known as Millwood Community Center, is a historic school building for African-American children located at Boyce, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built about 1910, and is a one-story, hip-roofed school has a two-room plan with coat closets, and a kitchen. The building measures approximately 60 feet long and 30 feet wide. It features a recessed entry, two entrance doors, overhanging eaves with scalloped exposed rafter ends, double-hung windows with wooden tracery, five-panel doors, and sits on a limestone foundation. It was used as an elementary school until 1952, then sold to the Millwood Good Will Association for use as a community center.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[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 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Maral S. Kalbian (June 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Millwood Colored School" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo
