The Middlebrook Schools are a pair of historic

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buildings located at Middlebrook,

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. The original school building was built in 1916 and expanded in 1919. A separate high school was built adjacent to it in 1922–1923, and an agriculture shop building was added in the 1930s. The original school is an "L"-shaped, two-story building consisting of two front rooms and a south ell room, with a one-room plan, two-story addition creating a square plan. It has a hipped roof and vernacular

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style entrance. The interior also reflects the Colonial Revival style. The school closed in 1967. an
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in 1985.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia School buildings completed in 1916 1916 establishments in Virginia Schools in Augusta County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Augusta County, Virginia {{AugustaCountyVA-NRHP-stub