Toms Brook School
Toms Brook School | |
Virginia Landmarks Register | |
![]() Toms Brook School, September 2013 | |
38°56′38″N 78°26′38″W / 38.94389°N 78.44389°W / 38.94389; -78.44389 | |
Area | 1.156 acres (0.468 ha) |
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Built | c. 1935 (1935)–1936, 1952 |
Architect | Mims, James Raymond |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 11000554[1] |
VLR No. | 313-5001 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | August 18, 2011 |
Designated VLR | June 16, 2011[2] |
Toms Brook School is a historic school building located at Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was built in 1935–1936, and it is a two-story, T-shaped, red brick Colonial Revival-style school building. It features a monumental portico with tall columns that support the pediment.
The Virginia State Board of Education provided a $25,000 loan for its construction.[3] The community also applied for $31,050 of Works Progress Administration funds for its construction, but the application was not approved.[4] A cafeteria addition for the school was completed in 1952.[5][6]
Toms Brook School "was one of many built in the county during a major modernization program. Grades 1-12 were originally housed in the school. Students attended primary school in their own communities. They then traveled to town to attend High School, Grades 8-12, if they could afford the tuition."[7]
"In 1959 the county built three new consolidated High Schools. At that time all elementary schools in the area [surrounding Toms Brook] were consolidated into the Toms Brook School."[8]
In the 1980s, grades 5-7 moved to Woodstock and Strasburg. In 1991, new additions were completed at the county’s elementary schools, and Toms Brook School was closed.[9]
Toms Brook School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]
It was sold to several private developers but was eventually acquired by People Inc. who converted the property into low-income housing.[10] [11] [12]
References
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/15/11 through 8/19/11. National Park Service. August 26, 2011.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ "Dickenson Schools Are Granted Loan". Associated Press. The Bristol Herald Courier (Bristol, Tennessee). April 26, 1935. p. 9.
- ^ "Waynesboro School Fund Application Disapproved". The News Leader (Staunton, Virginia). September 13, 1935. p. 1.
- ^ Neville, Ashley; Salmon, John (March 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Toms Brook School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
- ^ "Toms Brook School, Shenandoah Co. -- DHR #313-5001". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018.
- ^ "Toms Brook School". Shenandoah County Public Library. Shenandoah County Stories website accessed on May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Toms Brook School". Shenandoah County Public Library. Shenandoah County Stories website accessed on May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Toms Brook School". Shenandoah County Public Library. Shenandoah County Stories website accessed on May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Toms Brook Apartments".People Inc.. People Inc. website accessed May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Toms Brook Apartments: An Adaptive Reuse of a Historic School Building".VCDC. VCDC website accessed May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Case Study: Toms Brook School, Virginia".National Park Service. NPS website accessed May 18, 2023.
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