Area 9.5 acres (3.8 ha) Architectural style Classical Revival | Built 1927 (1927) NRHP Reference # 00000558 | |
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Location 598 N. Kent St., Winchester, Virginia Architect Long, R.V.; Gardner & Newcome | ||
Douglas School, also known as the Douglas Community Learning Center, is a historic school for African-American students located at Winchester, Virginia. It is a central auditorium plan school built in 1927, with funds from the John Handley Endowment. It is a one-story, dark red brick building with a four columned, Classical Revival style entry. Additions to the building were made in 1940, 1951, and 1962. The school served as the only African-American school in the city until 1966, when it was closed after integration of the Winchester schools.
Built in 1927 as a "separate but equal" school for African American students but converted to a community center in 1966 after desegregation; may have been named for Frederick Douglass, despite the spelling difference.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.