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Millwood Colored School

Coordinates: 39°04′29″N 78°02′31″W / 39.0748°N 78.0419°W / 39.0748; -78.0419
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Millwood Colored School
Millwood Community Center, originally Millwood Colored School
Millwood Colored School is located in Northern Virginia
Millwood Colored School
Millwood Colored School is located in Virginia
Millwood Colored School
Millwood Colored School is located in the United States
Millwood Colored School
Location1610 Millwood Rd., Boyce, Virginia
Coordinates39°04′29″N 78°02′31″W / 39.0748°N 78.0419°W / 39.0748; -78.0419
Area0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built1910 (1910)
NRHP reference No.00001431[1]
VLR No.021-0192-0008
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 2000
Designated VLRSeptember 13, 2000[2]

Millwood Colored School, now known as Millwood Community Center, is a historic school building for African-American children located at Boyce, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built about 1910, and is a one-story, hip-roofed school has a two-room plan with coat closets, and a kitchen. The building measures approximately 60 feet long and 30 feet wide. It features a recessed entry, two entrance doors, overhanging eaves with scalloped exposed rafter ends, double-hung windows with wooden tracery, five-panel doors, and sits on a limestone foundation. It was used as an elementary school until 1952, then sold to the Millwood Good Will Association for use as a community center.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Maral S. Kalbian (June 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Millwood Colored School" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo