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Stonewall Jackson School, also known as West End School, is a historic school building located in
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. It was built in 1886–1887, is a tall two-story, brick and granite school building in the Italianate style. It features a bracketed cornice and shallow, standing seam metal, hipped roof. The building consists of identical wings facing west and south, and a connecting curved bay, which contains a double stair. Each wing has a cast-iron,
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porch, flanked by three bay classrooms. an
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/ref> The building has been converted to professional offices. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.


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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Italianate architecture in Virginia School buildings completed in 1887 Schools in Richmond, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia Brick buildings and structures in Virginia {{Virginia-school-stub