Central High School (Painter, Virginia)

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Central High School
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Location32308 Lankford Hwy., near Painter, Virginia
Coordinates 37°35′58″N75°46′37″W / 37.599514°N 75.77681°W / 37.599514; -75.77681 Coordinates: 37°35′58″N75°46′37″W / 37.599514°N 75.77681°W / 37.599514; -75.77681
Area12.22 acres (4.95 ha)
Built1932 (1932)-1935
Built byJ.W. Hudson; J.W. Hudson, Jr.
Architectural styleArt Deco, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference # 10000561 [1]
VLR #001-5065
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 16, 2010
Designated VLRJune 17, 2010 [2]

Central High School is a historic high school building located near Painter, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built in 1932, with an addition in 1935, and is a two-story, "T"-shaped, brick building with brick and stone detailing in the Art Deco style. The 1935 addition was funded by the Public Works Administration. The building served as a high school until 1984, when it was converted to a middle school. Also on the property are a contributing one-story wood-frame double classroom building, one-story vocational school building, and a one-story Colonial Revival style dwelling that served as the home economics building. [3]

Painter, Virginia Town in Virginia, United States

Painter is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population was recorded at 229 at the 2010 census.

Accomack County, Virginia U.S. county in Virginia

Accomack County is a United States county located in the eastern edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Together, Accomack and Northampton counties make up the Eastern Shore of Virginia, which in turn is part of the Delmarva Peninsula, bordered by the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The Accomack county seat is the town of Accomac.

Art Deco Influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s

Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum cleaners. It took its name, short for Arts Décoratifs, from the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes held in Paris in 1925. It combined modern styles with fine craftsmanship and rich materials. During its heyday, Art Deco represented luxury, glamour, exuberance, and faith in social and technological progress.

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

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.

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