Vale School-Community House is a historic two-room school located near Oakton,

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. It was built about 1884 and expanded with a second room in 1912. It is a one-story, two-room, wood-frame building on a stone and concrete foundation. It has a gable front with overhanging eaves, topped by a belfry with the

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. Also on the property is a well built in 1951 and the former location of a

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constructed in 1884. The school closed in 1931 and was reopened as a Community House by the Vale Home Demonstration Club in 1935. an
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historical marker
It was listed on the

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in 2011.

References

One-room schoolhouses in Virginia School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia School buildings completed in 1884 Schools in Fairfax County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax County, Virginia

External links

Historical marker for the Vale School-Vale Community House unveiled at the 75th anniversary of the club founding
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