Verona School is a historic

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building located at

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. It was built in 1911, as a three-room, frame schoolhouse in the manner of a common

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design. The school closed by the late 1940s, and around 1956–1957, was moved back from the road and converted to an office and manager's residence for a neighboring motel. an
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in 1985.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia School buildings completed in 1911 Schools in Augusta County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Augusta County, Virginia 1911 establishments in Virginia {{AugustaCountyVA-NRHP-stub