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The James Blair Middle School, formerly the James Blair Junior High School is a historic school building at 730 Spotswood Avenue in
Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...
. Its original main block is a three-story brick building with limestone trim, and Beaux Arts styling. Built in 1922 to a design by the local architectural firm of Calrow, Wrenn, and Tazewell, it was the first junior high school to be built by the city school administration. The school is named for
James Blair James Blair may refer to: *James Blair (Australian judge) (1870–1944), Australian judge, lawyer, and politician *James Blair (cricketer) (1900–1961), Australian-born New Zealand cricketer * James Blair (farmer) (1825–1901), Scottish-born farm ...
, one of the founders of Virginia's College of William and Mary, and was converted to a middle school in the 1980s. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk, Virginia __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Nor ...


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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Norfolk, Virginia Beaux-Arts architecture in Virginia School buildings completed in 1921 Education in Norfolk, Virginia 1921 establishments in Virginia {{NorfolkVA-NRHP-stub