Built 1916 (1916) VLR # 128-0043 Opened 1916 Area 3,200 m² Added to NRHP 9 September 1982 | NRHP Reference # 82004592 Designated VLR May 18, 1982 Floors 3 Function School Architect J.H. Page | |
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Location 523 Harrison Ave., NW, Roanoke, Virginia Similar Blue Ridge Mountains, Mill Mountain Zoo, Roanoke Mountain, Valley View Mall, Hotel Roanoke | ||
Harrison School is a historic public school building for African-American students located at Roanoke, Virginia. It was built in 1916, and is a three-story, brick public school building, with three-bay, two-story wings added in 1922. The original section consists of a 13-bay rectangular block flanked by projecting wings, five bays on the sides. The building symbolizes the pioneering efforts of Lucy Addison and other black educators in Southwest Virginia to offer academic secondary instruction to all children regardless of race.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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