Millwood Colored School

United States historic place
Millwood Colored School
Virginia Landmarks Register
Millwood Community Center, originally Millwood Colored School
39°04′29″N 78°02′31″W / 39.0748°N 78.0419°W / 39.0748; -78.0419
Area0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built1910 (1910)
NRHP reference No.00001431[1]
VLR No.021-0192-0008
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 2000
Designated VLRSeptember 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. ^ 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 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Maral S. Kalbian (June 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Millwood Colored School" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo
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