Old Portlock School No. 5 | |
Location | 3815 Bainbridge Blvd., Chesapeake, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°47′14″N76°16′54″W / 36.78722°N 76.28167°W Coordinates: 36°47′14″N76°16′54″W / 36.78722°N 76.28167°W |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
Built | 1908 |
Architect | Ferguson, Finlay Forbes; Calrow, Charles J. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference # | 00000066 [1] |
VLR # | 131-0626 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 4, 2000 |
Designated VLR | December 1, 1999 [2] |
Old Portlock School No. 5 is a historic school building located at Chesapeake, Virginia. It was built in 1908, and is a one-story, rectangular, Colonial Revival style brick building. It features a hipped roof and a classical temple fronted porch with frieze, pediment, cornice, columns and pilasters. It continued to serve as an educational facility until the mid-1960s. [3]
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught, is commonly called a university college or university, but these higher education institutions are usually not compulsory.
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