Old Town Hall and School

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Old Town Hall and School
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Haymarket Museum, September 2009
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Location 15025 Washington St., Haymarket, Virginia
Coordinates 38°48′45″N77°38′14″W / 38.81240°N 77.63733°W / 38.81240; -77.63733 Coordinates: 38°48′45″N77°38′14″W / 38.81240°N 77.63733°W / 38.81240; -77.63733
Area .38 acres (0.15 ha)
Built c. 1883 (1883)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Victorian
NRHP reference # 11000063 [1]
VLR # 233-0006
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 1, 2011
Designated VLR December 16, 2010 [2]

Old Town Hall and School, also known as the Haymarket Museum, is a historic town hall and school located at Haymarket, Prince William County, Virginia. It was built in 1883, and is a front-gable, two-story, wooden structure clad in weatherboard with Greek Revival and Victorian style decorative elements. It features a square, pyramidal-roofed belfry situated above the front gable that has louvers, sawn brackets, and gables on each face. Its use as a school stopped around 1900. It continued to serve as the Town Hall as well as a community meeting place until 2001. The building currently houses the Haymarket Museum. [3]

Seat of local government chief administrative building of a municipality

In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre, a guildhall, a Rathaus (German), or a municipal building, is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city or town council, its associated departments, and their employees. It also usually functions as the base of the mayor of a city, town, borough, or county/shire.

School institution designed to teach students under the direction of teachers

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Haymarket, Virginia Town in Virginia

Haymarket is a town in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,782 at the 2010 census, a total that was estimated to have grown to 1,909 by 2012.

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Old Town Hall and School

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/28/11 through 3/04/11. National Park Service. 2011-03-11.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Ellie Ivanic (July 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Town Hall and School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos