Jefferson School, also known as East Elementary and Clifton Forge Elementary East, is a historic

school A school is the educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the Educational architecture, building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually under the direction of teachers. Most co ...

building located at Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Virginia. It was built in 1926, as a rectangular two-story building is clad in running-bond brick in the

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style. It sits on a raised concrete foundation and has ribbons of small-paned double-hung windows and a recessed front entrance. A library and cafeteria were not added until 1937, when improvements also included water fountains, a

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and projector. The town high school built for

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in 1928 had a cafeteria and libraries were required for schools by 1902. A two-story rectangular addition was built in 1952. 1952 improvements included more classrooms, an auditorium/gymnasium, an

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shop and an office for the principal. Teachers had no offices. The school provided primary and secondary school education for

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attending school in the Clifton Forge community from 1926 until 1965. an
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in 2010. The previous building from 1902 is just around the corner from the 1926 school.

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African-American history of Virginia School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia School buildings completed in 1926 Schools in Alleghany County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Alleghany County, Virginia 1926 establishments in Virginia Brick buildings and structures in Virginia {{AlleghanyCountyVA-NRHP-stub