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Augusta County Training School

Coordinates: 38°8′49″N 79°7′54″W / 38.14694°N 79.13167°W / 38.14694; -79.13167
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Augusta County Training School
Front of the school
Augusta County Training School is located in Virginia
Augusta County Training School
Augusta County Training School is located in the United States
Augusta County Training School
LocationCedar Green Rd., Cedar Green, Virginia
Coordinates38°8′49″N 79°7′54″W / 38.14694°N 79.13167°W / 38.14694; -79.13167
Area2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built1938 (1938)
ArchitectG.G. Shaver and Kellis Bibb
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Vernacular Neo-Classical
MPSPublic Schools in Augusta County Virginia 1870-1940 TR
NRHP reference No.86001400[1]
VLR No.007-0755
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1986
Designated VLRDecember 11, 1984[2]

Augusta County Training School, also known as Cedar Green School, is a historic public school building located at Cedar Green, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built in 1938, and is a one-story, central-auditorium plan frame building with projecting classroom wings on each side of a recessed auditorium. It features a projecting entrance portico and steeply pitched roof in a vernacular Neo-Classical style. It opened as a "Training School," but was later used as an elementary school. It was the first consolidated school larger than two rooms built for African American students in Augusta County. The American Legion purchased the building in 1966 and remodeled it for their lodge.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

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  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. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Ann McCleary (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Augusta County Training School" (PDF). and Accompanying photo Archived 2013-08-13 at the Wayback Machine