Virginia Industrial Home School for Colored Girls

11391 Barrett Center Rd., Mechanicsville, Virginia. County/parish: Hanover.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 07, 2016. NRIS 15000926.

10 contributing buildings. 5 contributing sites. 7 contributing structures. 4 contributing objects.

Also known as:

  • Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center
  • Barrett Learning Cent
  • Janie Porter Barrett School for Girls
  • VDHR File # 042-0126

From Wikipedia:

Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center

The Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center, also known as the Barrett Learning Center and originally as the Virginia Industrial Home School for Wayward Colored Girls and then the Virginia Industrial Home School for Colored Girls, was a residential industrial school and later a juvenile correctional facility operated by the state of Virginia near Mechanicsville, Virginia.

The facility was founded in 1915 as a facility for African-American girls who otherwise faced prison.

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