St. Paul's School (Virginia)
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St. Paul's School, also known as St. Paul's Chapel School, is a historic
Rosenwald school The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the South during the early 20th century. The project was the product of the part ...
building for African Americans located at Meredithville,
Brunswick County, Virginia Brunswick County is a United States county located on the southern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This rural county is known as one of the claimants to be the namesake of Brunswick stew. Brunswick County was created in 1720 from parts ...
. It was built in 1920, and is a
one-room school One-room schools, or schoolhouses, were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain. In most rural and s ...
measuring approximately 20 feet by 40 feet. It is of wood-frame construction, sheathed in un-beaded weatherboards, and covered by a standing seam metal roof. 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 2004.


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Rosenwald schools in Virginia One-room schoolhouses in Virginia School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Buildings and structures in Brunswick County, Virginia School buildings completed in 1920 National Register of Historic Places in Brunswick County, Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia {{Virginia-school-stub