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Walker's Creek Schoolhouse

Coordinates: 38°0′57″N 79°19′54″W / 38.01583°N 79.33167°W / 38.01583; -79.33167
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Walker's Creek Schoolhouse
Southwestern side
Walker's Creek Schoolhouse is located in Virginia
Walker's Creek Schoolhouse
Walker's Creek Schoolhouse is located in the United States
Walker's Creek Schoolhouse
LocationWalker Creek Road, near Newport, Virginia
Coordinates38°0′57″N 79°19′54″W / 38.01583°N 79.33167°W / 38.01583; -79.33167
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850)
MPSPublic Schools in Augusta County Virginia 1870-1940 TR
NRHP reference No.85000396[1]
VLR No.007-0539
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 1985
Designated VLRDecember 11, 1984[2]

Walker's Creek Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school building located near Newport, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built about 1850, as a one-room, rectangular log, gable roofed schoolhouse measuring 22 feet by 26 feet. It has a large stone chimney, and a later shed addition and front porch. The school closed about 1935, and after 1948 was converted to a dwelling.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[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 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Ann McCleary (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walker's Creek Schoolhouse" (PDF). and Accompanying photo