Hill Grove School
Hill Grove School | |
 Western side | |
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| Location | 2580 Wards Rd., Hurt, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°04′04″N 79°14′57″W / 37.0679°N 79.2493°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1915 |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000104[1] |
| VLR No. | 071-5187 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 25, 2004 |
| Designated VLR | December 3, 2003[2] |
Hill Grove School is a historic school for African American children located at Hurt, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was built in 1915, and is a small, simple single-story, weatherboarded, light-frame building on a fieldstone foundation, with a low-pitched side-gable roof. It features a single-bay, tin-covered, shed roof porch supported by two-by-four lumber over the entrance. The school closed in the early 1960s.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Michael J. Pulice and John R. Kern (August 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hill Grove School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
Categories:
- African-American history of Virginia
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- School buildings completed in 1915
- Buildings and structures in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
- 1915 establishments in Virginia
- Southern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Pittsylvania County, Virginia, geography stubs