Toms Brook School
Historic school building in Virginia, US
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Toms Brook School is a historic school building located at Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was built in 1935–1936, and it is a two-story, T-shaped, red brick Colonial Revival-style school building. It features a monumental portico with tall columns that support the pediment.
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Toms Brook School, September 2013 | |
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| Location | 3232 S. Main St., Toms Brook, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°56′38″N 78°26′38″W |
| Area | 1.156 acres (0.468 ha) |
| Built | c. 1935–1936, 1952 |
| Architect | Mims, James Raymond |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 11000554[1] |
| VLR No. | 313-5001 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 18, 2011 |
| Designated VLR | June 16, 2011[2] |
The Virginia State Board of Education provided a $25,000 loan for its construction.[3] The community also applied for $31,050 of Works Progress Administration funds for its construction, but the application was not approved.[4] A cafeteria addition for the school was completed in 1952.[5][6]
Toms Brook School "was one of many built in the county during a major modernization program. Grades 1-12 were originally housed in the school. Students attended primary school in their own communities. They then traveled to town to attend High School, Grades 8-12, if they could afford the tuition."[7]
"In 1959 the county built three new consolidated High Schools. At that time all elementary schools in the area [surrounding Toms Brook] were consolidated into the Toms Brook School."[7]
In the 1980s, grades 5-7 moved to Woodstock and Strasburg. In 1991, new additions were completed at the county’s elementary schools, and Toms Brook School was closed.[7]
Toms Brook School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]
It was sold to several private developers but was eventually acquired by People Inc. who converted the property into low-income housing.[8][9][10]
