Weyers Cave School, also known as Weyer's Cave Elementary School, is a historic

public school Public school may refer to: * State school (known as a public school in many countries), a no-fee school, publicly funded and operated by the government * Public school (United Kingdom), certain elite fee-charging independent schools in England an ...

building located at Weyers Cave,

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. It was built in 1916–1917, and enlarged in 1923–1924. The original section consists of the northern entrance and hall with four-bay classroom blocks to each side. It exhibits a central-passage, double-pile plan. The addition is a four-room and passage block to the south. The

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

style is reflected in a one-story, one-bay wooden portico with

Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...

columns and square

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. an
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in 1985. Weyers Cave School was closed as a school in 1993. Presently it is the site of Equipping the Saints, a non-profit organization shipping books, clothing, and technology to third world countries.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia School buildings completed in 1917 Schools in Augusta County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Augusta County, Virginia 1917 establishments in Virginia {{AugustaCountyVA-NRHP-stub