Victoria High School (Victoria, Virginia)

Victoria High School

Victoria High School, September 2013
Location Jct. of Eighth St. and Lee Ave., Victoria, Virginia
Coordinates 36°59′45″N 78°13′29″W / 36.99583°N 78.22472°W / 36.99583; -78.22472Coordinates: 36°59′45″N 78°13′29″W / 36.99583°N 78.22472°W / 36.99583; -78.22472
Area less than one acre
Built 1922 (1922)-1923
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 95001561[1]
VLR # 317-0012
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 22, 1996
Designated VLR October 18, 1995[2]

Victoria High School is a historic high school building located at Victoria, Lunenburg County, Virginia. It was built in 1922-1923, and is a one-story, five bay, brick building on a raised basement in the Classical Revival style. The front facade features a pedimented portico with round wooden Doric order columns and square pilasters. The portico projects from a pavilion that spans the center three bays of the school's front facade. It was the principal public school building for white students from the date of its construction until it closed in 1966.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. J. Daniel Pezzoni (July 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Victoria High School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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