Eckington School

Jct. of VA 658 and VA 661, Culpeper, Virginia. County/parish: Culpeper.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 16, 2001. NRIS 01000154.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Eckington School (Culpeper, Virginia)

Eckington School, also known as Poplar Ridge School, is a historic school building for African-American children located near Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia. It was built in 1895, and is a one-story, vernacular frame structure. It measures 20 feet by 26 feet, and is clad in weatherboard. It was used as a school until 1941, after which it was used as a church hall for the adjoining Free Union Baptist Church. At that time, a 10 foot by 20 foot addition was built.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680325

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