Toms Brook School is a historic school building located at

Toms Brook Toms Brook is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. The population was 258 at the 2010 census. History During the American Civil War, the Battle of Tom's Brook was fought nearby, a Union victory that became dubbed "the Woodsto ...

Shenandoah County, Virginia Shenandoah County (formerly Dunmore County) is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 44,186. Its county seat is Woodstock. It is part of the Shenandoah Valley region of Virgini ...

. It was built in 1935–1936, and it is a two-story, "T"-shaped, red brick Colonial Revival-style school building. It features a monumental

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with tall columns that support the pediment. The Virginia State Board of Education provided a $25,000 loan for its construction. The community also applied for $31,050 of Works Progress Administration funds for its construction, but the application was not approved. A cafeteria addition for the school was completed in 1952. Toms Brook School "was one of many built in the county during a major modernization program. Grades 1-12 were originally housed in the school. Students attended primary school in their own communities. They then traveled to town to attend High School, Grades 8-12, if they could afford the tuition." "In 1959 the county built three new consolidated High Schools. At that time all elementary schools in the area urrounding Toms Brookwere consolidated into the Toms Brook School." In the 1980s, grades 5-7 moved to Woodstock and Strasburg. In 1991 new additions were completed at the county’s elementary schools, and Toms Brook School was closed. Toms Brook School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. It was sold to several private developers but was eventually acquired by People Inc. who converted the property into low income housing. Case Study: Toms Brook School, Virginia
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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia School buildings completed in 1936 Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia Schools in Shenandoah County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Shenandoah County, Virginia {{Virginia-school-stub