Lylburn Downing School

300 Diamond St., Lexington, Virginia. County/parish: Rockbridge.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 23, 2003. NRIS 03001093.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • VDHR # 117-5002

From Wikipedia:

Lylburn Downing School

Lylburn Downing School is a historic school building for African-American children located at Lexington, Virginia. It was built in 1926–1927, and is a one-story, Classical Revival style brick building. It has a columned entry porch and pilasters. A rear addition was constructed in 1939–1940, and a covered walkway in 1948–1949. The City of Lexington converted the original building into a community center in the late 1980s.

Lylburn Downing Middle School currently serves as a small, city school located in Lexington, Virginia in the southwest Virginia Appalachian Mountains. The school serves 189 students in grades 6–8, with ages ranging from 11 to 15 years old. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683440

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