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Marriott School 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 ...
building located near St. Stephens Church, King and Queen County, Virginia. The original section was built in 1938, and is a one-story, five-bay, brick structure, flanked by a pair of four-bay wings in the Colonial Revival style. The front entrance is flanked by
Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...
pilasters supporting a triangular entablature, the pediment of which is
stucco Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and a ...
ed. An addition was built in 1959. The school closed in 1992, and subsequently housed the King & Queen Branch of the Pamunkey Regional Library. The library moved to a new location in 2001. 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 2007.


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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia School buildings completed in 1938 Buildings and structures in King and Queen County, Virginia Defunct schools in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in King and Queen County, Virginia {{KingQueenCountyVA-NRHP-stub