Lafayette Grammar and High School, also known as Lafayette I.O.P. Center, is a historic

school A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compuls ...

complex located at

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 ...

. The grammar school was built in 1905, and is a two-story brick building in the Colonial Revival style. It has a

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covered hipped roof and arched window openings. The high school was built in 1910, and is a two-story brick building connected to the grammar school. The school was abandoned in 1970. an
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National Register of Historic Places 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 or "great artistic v ...

in 1983.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia School buildings completed in 1905 Schools in Norfolk, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Norfolk, Virginia 1905 establishments in Virginia Brick buildings and structures in Virginia {{NorfolkVA-NRHP-stub