Lylburn Downing School | |
 Front, seen from the north | |
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| Location | 300 Diamond St., Lexington, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°47′10″N 79°26′03″W / 37.7861°N 79.4343°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1927 |
| Architect | Fleming R. Hurt, Daley Craig |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 03001093 [1] |
| VLR No. | 117-5002 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 23, 2003 |
| Designated VLR | June 18, 2003 [2] |
Lylburn Downing School is a historic school building for African-American children located at Lexington, Virginia. It was built in 1926–1927, and is a one-story, Classical Revival style brick building. It has a columned entry porch and pilasters. A rear addition was constructed in 1939–1940, and a covered walkway in 1948–1949. The City of Lexington converted the original building into a community center in the late 1980s. [3]
Lylburn Downing Middle School currently serves as a small, city school located in Lexington, Virginia in the southwest Virginia Appalachian Mountains. The school serves 189 students in grades 6–8, with ages ranging from 11 to 15 years old. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1]
Notable people
- Leander J. Shaw, Jr., Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, went to Lylburn Downing School. [4]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni, John Kern (April 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lylburn Downing School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
- ^ Washington & Lee University, Black History Month, Leander J. Shaw, Jr.
Categories:
- African-American history of Virginia
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- School buildings completed in 1927
- Schools in Rockbridge County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Rockbridge County, Virginia
- 1927 establishments in Virginia
- Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Rockbridge County, Virginia geography stubs