Thomas Jefferson High School (Richmond, Virginia)

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Thomas Jefferson High School
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Location4100 W. Grace St.,
Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates 37°34′17″N77°29′11″W / 37.5715°N 77.4863°W / 37.5715; -77.4863
Area12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built1929
Architect Charles M. Robinson
Architectural style Art Deco
MPS Public Schools of Richmond MPS
NRHP reference No. 93001441 [1]
VLR No.127-0431
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 23, 1993
Designated VLROctober 20, 1993 [2]

Thomas Jefferson High School is a historic high school in Richmond, Virginia. It is part of the Richmond Public Schools. The Art Deco building, constructed in 1929 and opened in 1930, has been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by architect Charles M. Robinson. [1] In his book, The Virginia Landmarks Register, Calder Loth refers to the school as Robinson's "masterpiece" and notes that the structure is "a celebration of education, a building redolent of civic pride." [3]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ Calder Loth, Virginia. Dept. of Historic Resources (1999). The Virginia landmarks register. University Press of Virginia. p. 444. ISBN   9780813918624.
  4. ↑ "H. C. McGehee, Jr., is Named Assistant Attorney-General". Richmond Times-Dispatch . December 4, 1951. p. 3. Retrieved February 22, 2025– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. ↑ "Head Varsity Boys Basketball Coach Kendrick Warren". tjhsvikingsathletics.com. Retrieved March 14, 2025.


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