Built 1936 (1936) Opened 1936 Phone +1 540-885-1899 Added to NRHP 3 September 2014 | NRHP Reference # 14000550 Area 9,300 m² Architectural style Art Deco | |
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Address 1114 W Johnson St, Staunton, VA 24401, USA Similar Blue Ridge Mountains, Montgomery Hall Park, Gypsy Hill Park, Woodrow Wilson President, Staunton National Cemetery | ||
Booker t washington community center
The Booker T. Washington Community Center is a community center at 1114 West Johnson Street in Staunton, Virginia. It is located in the former Booker T. Washington High School for Coloreds, a two-story Art Deco brick building designed by Raymond V. Long and built in 1936. A 1960 addition to the rear of the building has a more Modern treatment. It was the Staunton area's only high school for African-American students for thirty years, and one of its few meeting points for African-American organizations until the city's public facilities were integrated. The school was closed in 1966, and was used by the Staunton Police Department from 1967 to 1986.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
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