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John T. West School

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Built
  
1906 (1906)

VLR #
  
122-0004

Opened
  
1906

Added to NRHP
  
2000

NRHP Reference #
  
00000315

Removed from NRHP
  
September 27, 2006

Area
  
8,000 m²

Location
  
1425 Bolton Street, Norfolk, Virginia

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival architecture

Similar
  
Virginia Zoological Park, Town Point Park, Naval Station Norfolk, Attucks Theatre, Harrison Opera House

John T. West School, also known as Tanner's Creek School No. 4 and Barborsville School, was a historic school for African-American students located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was built in 1906, and was a two-story, Colonial Revival style brick building with a hipped roof. In 1913, it was doubled in size with an addition to the south and connected via a two-story ell. A one-story brick cafeteria was added in 1950 and a music room about 1960. In 1911, the building hosted the first public African-American high school classes in the city of Norfolk. It continued holding elementary school classes until its closure in 1980. It was demolished in August 2006.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 and delisted in 2006.

References

John T. West School Wikipedia