Greensville County Training School

105 Ruffin St., Emporia (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Emporia.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 08, 2006. NRIS 06000122.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • DHR# 109-5001
  • Greensville County Learning Center

From Wikipedia:

Greensville County Training School

Greensville County Training School, also known as the Greensville County Learning Center, is a historic Rosenwald school building located at Emporia, Virginia. It was built in 1929, and is a single-story, U-shaped brick building. It consists of a front hyphen that connects two wings containing classrooms, while an auditorium, office space, and a library form the interior central space. A classroom addition was constructed in 1934. It was constructed for the education of African-American students, and closed in the 1960s following desegregation of the public schools.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678713

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