Douglas School, also known as the Douglas Community Learning Center, is a historic school for African-American students located at Winchester, Virginia. It is a central auditorium plan school built in 1927, with funds from the John Handley Endowment. It is a one-story, dark red brick building with a four columned, Classical Revival style entry. Additions to the building were made in 1940, 1951, and 1962. The school served as the only African-American school in the city until 1966, when it was closed after integration of the Winchester schools.[3]
Built in 1927 as a "separate but equal" school for African American students but converted to a community center in 1966 after desegregation; may have been named for Frederick Douglass, despite the spelling difference.[4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
References
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
- ^ Scott Brooks-Miller and Joanna J. Evans (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Douglas School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- ^ Sieff, Kevin (December 12, 2010). "Alumni, NAACP in Winchester, Va., fighting over spelling of Douglas School's name". Washington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
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