Kelly View School

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Kelly View School

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Location Appalachia Elementary School, Norton Rd., Old US 23, Appalachia, Virginia
Coordinates 36°55′34″N82°44′37″W / 36.9260°N 82.7437°W / 36.9260; -82.7437 Coordinates: 36°55′34″N82°44′37″W / 36.9260°N 82.7437°W / 36.9260; -82.7437
Area Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference # 06000752 [1]
VLR # 097-0308
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 30, 2006
Designated VLR June 8, 2006 [2]

Kelly View School is a historic one-room school located at Appalachia, Wise County, Virginia. It likely dates to the 1890s, and is a small, one-story, one room frame building with a front gable roof. It sits on a poured concrete foundation and is sheathed in weatherboard. It remained in use as a school until 1959 or 1960, after which it was used as a place of worship, called Kelly View Church. [3]

One-room school small rural school in which students of different ages are mixed in a single classroom

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Michael J. Pulice (February 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Kelly View School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos