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Armstead T. Johnson High School

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Built
  
1937 (1937)

VLR #
  
096-0113

Opened
  
1937

Added to NRHP
  
14 August 1998

NRHP Reference #
  
98001071

Designated VLR
  
June 17, 1998

Area
  
2 ha

Armstead T. Johnson High School

Location
  
0.2 mi. NW of jct. of VA 3 and VA 202, near Montross, Virginia

Built by
  
Nuchals, C.E.; Dowling, Raymond

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival architecture

Armstead T. Johnson High School is a historic high school complex for African-American students located near Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia. The main building was built in 1937, and is a one-story, "U"-shaped Colonial Revival style brick building. Contributing structures on the property include the one-story, frame Industrial Arts Building and the one-story, frame Home Economics Cottage. It was among the first purpose-built high schools for African Americans on the Northern Neck of Virginia.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

References

Armstead T. Johnson High School Wikipedia


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