St. Paul's School (Virginia)
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St. Paul's School, also known as St. Paul's Chapel School, is a historic
Rosenwald school The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the South during the early 20th century. The project was the product of the partn ...
building for African Americans located at Meredithville,
Brunswick County, Virginia Brunswick County is a United States county located on the southern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Brunswick County was created in 1720 from parts of Prince George, Surry and Isle of Wight counties. The county was named for the forme ...
. It was built in 1920, and is a
one-room school One-room schoolhouses, or One-room schools, have been commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, and Spa ...
measuring approximately 20 feet by 40 feet. It is of wood-frame construction, sheathed in un-beaded weatherboards, and covered by a standing seam metal roof. an
''Accompanying four photos''
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 2004.


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Rosenwald schools in Virginia One-room schoolhouses in Virginia School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Buildings and structures in Brunswick County, Virginia School buildings completed in 1920 National Register of Historic Places in Brunswick County, Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia {{Virginia-school-stub