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Point Pleasant School

Coordinates: 36°43′40″N 80°33′25″W / 36.72778°N 80.55694°W / 36.72778; -80.55694
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Point Pleasant School
Front and northern side
Point Pleasant School is located in Virginia
Point Pleasant School
Point Pleasant School is located in the United States
Point Pleasant School
LocationLaurel Fork Rd., Laurel Fork, Virginia
Coordinates36°43′40″N 80°33′25″W / 36.72778°N 80.55694°W / 36.72778; -80.55694
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1911 (1911)
NRHP reference No.07001133[1]
VLR No.017-5010
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 31, 2007
Designated VLRSeptember 5, 2007[2]

Point Pleasant School is a historic one-room school building located at Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia. It was built in 1911, and is a one-story, weatherboarded, frame building with a rectangular footprint measuring approximately 34 feet by 37 feet. It has a steeply pitched hipped roof that is nearly pyramidal. The school closed in 1948–1949.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Michael J. Pulice (July 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Point Pleasant School" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos