Riverside School (Elkins, West Virginia)

	Riverside School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Block No. 1, River St., Elkins, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°55′20.4″N 79°50′52.5″W / 38.922333°N 79.847917°WCoordinates: 38°55′20.4″N 79°50′52.5″W / 38.922333°N 79.847917°W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1905
Architect	; Independent School District of Elkin
Architectural style	two over two, central passage
NRHP reference No.	09001194
Added to NRHP	December 30, 2009

Riverside School is a historic school building located at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. It was built between 1902 and 1905, as a one-story, rectangular red brick structure, measuring 56 feet, 6 inches, by 34 feet. A second story was added in 1928, when it became a four-year high school. It has a hipped roof and a sandstone foundation. It was originally built as a school for African American students, and remained so until the 1954 desegregation order and the school was closed.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Melvin Lester and Alice Sabatino (March 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Riverside School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[dhr-2] Melvin Lester and Alice Sabatino (March 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Riverside School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.

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