Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 03001093 Designated VLR June 18, 2003 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture | Built 1927 (1927) VLR # 117-5002 Opened 1927 Added to NRHP 23 October 2003 | |
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Location 300 Diamond St., Lexington, Virginia Similar Blue Ridge Mountains, Stonewall Jackson House, Alumni Memorial Field, Washington and Lee University | ||
Lylburn Downing School is a historic school building for African-American children located at Lexington, Virginia. It was built in 1926-1927, and is a one-story, Classical Revival style brick building. It has a columned entry porch and pilasters that articulate its walls. A rear addition was constructed in 1939-1940, and a covered walkway in 1948-1949. The City of Lexington converted the original building into a community center in the late 1980s.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
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