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Shea Terrace Elementary School

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Built
  
1925

VLR #
  
124-5083

Address
  
Portsmouth, VA 23704, USA

Area
  
7,700 m²

Architect
  
Charles M. Robinson

NRHP Reference #
  
02001002

Designated VLR
  
June 12, 2002

Opened
  
1925

Added to NRHP
  
14 September 2002

Shea Terrace Elementary School

Location
  
253 Constitution Ave., Portsmouth, Virginia

Architectural style
  
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Similar
  
Craney Island, Portsmouth Pavilion, Virginia Sports Hall of Fame a, Thomas Jefferson High Sch, Nathaniel Bacon School

Shea Terrace Elementary School is a historic school building located in Portsmouth, Virginia. The structure was built in 1925 based on a design by noted Virginia architect Charles M. Robinson. The school opened in September 1925 serving Portsmouth's Shea Terrace neighborhood. In a 2002 submission to have the structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Virginia Department of Historical Resources noted the structure's association with Charles M. Robinson: "He is one of the most important Virginia architects of this period and his approach to school design and campus master planning continues to exert an influence today." The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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