Douglas School

598 N. Kent St., Winchester (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Winchester.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 26, 2000. NRIS 00000558.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • 138-5002
  • Douglas Community Learning Center

From Wikipedia:

Douglas School

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.

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.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684160

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