Woodville School (Ordinary, Virginia)

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Woodville School
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Location4310 George Washington Memorial Highway, Ordinary, Virginia
Coordinates 37°19′29″N76°30′55″W / 37.32472°N 76.51528°W / 37.32472; -76.51528
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1923 (1923)
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No. 04000042 [1]
VLR No.036-5045
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 2004
Designated VLROctober 3, 2003 [2]

Woodville School is a historic Rosenwald school building located at Ordinary, Gloucester County, Virginia. It was built in 1923, and is a high one-story, five-bay, symmetrical frame structure. It measures 63 feet, 6 inches, by 28 feet, 6 inches, and sheathed in white painted clapboard. It was converted to residential use after 1942. Also on the property are a contributing guesthouse or additional school building and a small shed. [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. David A. Brown; Thane H. Harpole & Anthony W. Smith (July 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Woodville School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying three photos