Douglass High School

408 E. Market St., Leesburg, Virginia. County/parish: Loudoun.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 24, 1992. NRIS 92001274.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • DHR File No. 253-70
  • Douglass Community School

From Wikipedia:

Douglass High School (Leesburg, Virginia)

Douglass High School or Douglass Alternate school was built in 1941 in what was then a rural area just outside Leesburg, Virginia as the first high school for African-American students in Loudoun County. The school was built on land purchased by the black community for $4,000 and conveyed to the county for $1. It was the only high school for African-American students until the end of segregation in Loudoun County in 1968.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681657

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