Switchback School
Western side of the school
Switchback School is located in Virginia
Switchback School
Switchback School is located in the United States
Switchback School
Location210 Pinehurst Heights Rd., near Hot Springs, Virginia
Coordinates38°00′42″N 79°50′34″W / 38.01167°N 79.84278°W / 38.01167; -79.84278
Area0.9 acres (0.36 ha)
Built1924 (1924)-1925, 1933, c. 1960
ArchitectRosenwald Fund
MPSRosenwald Schools in Virginia MPS
NRHP reference No.13000985[1]
VLR No.008-5042
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 24, 2013
Designated VLRSeptember 19, 2013[2]

Switchback School, also known as Union Hurst School, is a historic Rosenwald school located near Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia. It was built in 1924–1925, and is a one-story, frame, graded two-teacher type of public school. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a side-gable roof. A major addition at the south end was built in 1933 and a second addition was built about 1960. Also on the property are a contributing privy (c. 1950); a cistern constructed as part of a Civilian Conservation Corps site improvement project (late-1930s); and three stone walls built by the workers from the Works Progress Administration (late-1930s). It is one of approximately 70 Rosenwald schools that survive of the 364 that were built across Virginia for the education of African-American students.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/23/13 through 12/27/13. National Park Service. 2014-01-03.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Gibson Worsham (June 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Switchback School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying five photos
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