Bremo Slave Chapel, constructed in 1835 and located in Bremo Bluff, Virginia, United States, is the only slave chapel known to exist in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This Gothic Revival structure originally served as a place of worship for the slaves at the Bremo Plantation of General John Hartwell Cocke. Cocke was deeply concerned with the religious and moral state of his slaves, which drove him to construct this chapel.
The Tippecanoe Twp. District No. 3 Schoolhouse and Cemetery is a place on the National Register of Historic Places in Tippecanoe, Indiana. It was placed on the Register on June 24, 2008. It includes the former schoolhouse of district 3, also known as the Summit Chapel School, that was built around 1860; a cemetery, established in 1844, and a 1930s outhouse built, presumably, by the Works Progress Administration. It is located on Tippecanoe's Summit Hill, the highest point in Marshall County, marking the southernmost point of a glacial advance. From the hill, the Tippecanoe River, one mile south, can be seen with a 270°view from the school. On the eastern edge is a hedge of osage-oranges.
Virginia City Church is a historic church located near St. Paul, Wise County, Virginia. It was built about 1895, and is a small, one-room frame vernacular church. It has a front gable roof and is covered with weatherboard. The rectangular building measures 20 feet by 32 feet. It was built by Virginia City coal camp residents on land donated by the Russell Creek Coal Company. The building also served the community as its first schoolhouse.
Hamilton High School is a historic high school building complex located at Cartersville, Cumberland County, Virginia. It was constructed in 1910, and is a two-story wood frame building, constructed in a local adaptation of the Classical Revival style. It has a hipped roof topped by a bell tower / cupola and is two bays deep and three bays wide, with an exterior footprint of 50 feet by 57 feet. An auditorium annex was added about 1925, a second annex; an agricultural classroom building now referred to as "the cannery" was added to the property about 1930; and the Wayside School, a one-room schoolhouse that was moved to the property from the vicinity of nearby Sportsmen's Lake between about 1935 and 1945.
Sessions Schoolhouse is a historic school in Ionia, Michigan. It was built in 1847 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, it is believed to be the oldest existing schoolhouse in Michigan. The schoolhouse is now part of the Ionia State Recreation Area. As part of the State Park Explorer Program, there is historic interpretation of the Sessions Schoolhouse provided through interpretive signage as well as through programming by an Explorer Ranger.
Estaline Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school building located at Estaline Valley, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built in 1909, and is a one-story, rectangular frame building with a gable roof. It measures 31 feet by 21 feet. The school closed soon after World War II.
Mt. Zion Schoolhouse was a historic public school building located at Mount Solon, Augusta County, Virginia. Built in 1876, it was a two-room, rectangular frame building topped by a gable roof. It was moved from its original location to a site near Mt. Zion Church before 1915. The schoolhouse was sold in 1948, and remodeled into two apartments.
Moffett's Creek Schoolhouse is a historic public school building located near Newport, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built in 1873, as a two-room, frame schoolhouse. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and has a gable roof. An addition was built in the 1880s, creating an "L"-shaped plan. The school closed in 1923, and the property was sold to the Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church.
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.
Glebe Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school building located near Summerdean, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built in 1830, as a one-room, brick schoolhouse with a gable roof and gable-end chimney. It is the only extant one-room school of brick construction, the oldest documented schoolhouse, and one of the few surviving privately built schoolhouses in Virginia. The school closed in the early-20th century, and subsequently converted to a private dwelling.
St. Paul's School, also known as St. Paul's Chapel School, is a historic Rosenwald school building for African Americans located at Meredithville, Brunswick County, Virginia. It was built in 1920, and is a one-room school measuring approximately 20 feet by 40 feet. It is of wood frame construction, sheathed in un-beaded weatherboards, and covered by a standing seam metal roof.
Number 18 School in Marshall is a historic one-room school located at Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia. It was built about 1887, and is a rectangular frame building, covered with weatherboard, and resting on a stone foundation, with a metal gable roof with a centrally located brick stove flue. Atop the roof is a reconstructed cupola. It is the only surviving unimpaired one-room schoolhouse in Fauquier County. It was originally constructed for white students, then from the fall of 1910 to 1964, a school for African-American children.
St. Thomas Chapel, also known as St. Thomas Episcopal Church or St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal Chapel, is a historic building located at 7854 Church Street in Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia, United States. Built in the 1830s, regular services were held at the Episcopal church for almost 100 years. The building has been restored twice, once after being heavily damaged during the Civil War, and again in the 1960s. The church was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register (VLR) and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1973.
Bluff Point Graded School No. 3 is a historic school building located near Kilmarnock, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was built in 1912–1913, and is a one-story, two room balloon frame building. A rear kitchen and bathroom addition was added in 1937. It features a wide front porch under the roof line. It was used as a schoolhouse until 1932, and subsequently adapted by the Bluff Point Methodist Church for use as The Community House.
Shiloh School is a historic one-room school building located near Kilmarnock, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was built in 1906, and is a one-story, three bay, simple frame building measuring 20 feet by 34 feet. It sits on a brick foundation and has a standing seam metal gable roof. Jessie Ball duPont (1884-1970) taught at the school in 1906–1907. It was used as a schoolhouse until 1929, and subsequently used for farm storage.
Holley Graded School is a historic school building for African American students located at Lottsburg, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was built in stages between about 1914 and 1933, and is a one-story, cross-shaped plan building. It features four identical-sized classrooms, a central passage, two cloakrooms and a kitchen. It was used as a schoolhouse until 1959, and subsequently used as a combination museum and adult-education facility.
Hamilton Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school building located near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. It was built in 1823, and is a one-story, one room log building measuring 22 feet by 24 feet. It was in use as a school until 1928, after which it was used as a community center.
Longs Chapel, also known as Old Athens Church and Athens Colored School, is a historic Church of the United Brethren in Christ church and cemetery located at Zenda near Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built about 1871, and is a small, one-story, frame structure with a standard gable-fronted nave form with weatherboard siding, metal roofing, stone foundation piers, a small belfry, and an apse added about 1900. It measures approximately 20 feet by 30 feet. The cemetery includes multiple grave depressions, fieldstone tombstones, and a number of professionally carved marble monuments. The church also housed a one-room school for African-American children where Harrisonburg educator Lucy F. Simms first taught beginning in the 1870s. The school at Zenda closed in 1925 and the last services at Longs Chapel were held in the late 1920s. The building was subsequently used as a hay barn. The last burial was in 1935.
Palace Hotel, also known as Hudson School, Hudson Community Center, Brown's Chapel, Methodist Episcopal Church, and Hudson Methodist Church, is a historic one-room school building located near Appleton City, Bates County, Missouri. It was built in 1891, and originally housed a Methodist church. It was purchased and reconfigured for use as a school in 1911. It is a one-story, frame building with a cross-gable roof. It measures 45 feet, 6 inches, by 38 feet, 6 inches. It was last used as a schoolhouse in 1952.
