Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 04000847 Added to NRHP 11 August 2004 | Built 1924 (1924) Opened 1924 | |
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Architectural style Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements MPS Rosenwald Schools in Virginia MPS | ||
Nansemond County Training School, also known as Southwestern High School, is a historic Rosenwald School for African-American students located at Suffolk, Virginia. It was built in 1924, and is a one-story building consisting of a central block with a recessed covered porch and flanking wings. It is capped with a tin hipped roof. Also on the property is the contributing cafeteria building that was later used as an extra classroom. It was built to house the first public black high school in Nansemond County, Virginia, the school included both the primary and secondary grades. The school closed following the 1969–70 school year.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
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