| 词条 | Walker–Grant School |
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| name = Walker–Grant School | nrhp_type = | designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register | designated_other1_date = September 14, 1998[1] | designated_other1_number = 111-5006 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom | image = Walker-Grant School.JPG | caption = Walker–Grant School (1935) in Fredericksburg, Virginia | location= Gunnery Rd., bet. Dunmore and Ferdinand Sts., Fredericksburg, Virginia | coordinates = {{coord|38|17|35|N|77|27|29|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = USA Virginia Northern#USA Virginia#USA | built = 1938 | architect = | builder = | architecture = Art Deco | added = October 30, 1998 | area = {{convert|3|acre}} | governing_body = Local | refnum = 98001311[2][3]}}Walker–Grant School is an historic school in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The school was built in 1938 and was the first publicly supported black high school in Fredericksburg. The school was named for Joseph Walker (born 1854) and Jason Grant (1861–1951) who worked to establish the school.[4] The Art Deco designed school was added to the National Register of Historic Places in October 1998.[2][3] Joseph Walker and Jason GrantWalker was born into slavery in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He was owned by the Goodwin family. Once freed at the conclusion of the American Civil War, he held a variety of jobs in Caroline and Spotsylvania counties. In the 1870s he moved to Fredericksburg where he worked at a paper mill. Though he was almost entirely self-taught, and unable to read or write well, he had a strong interest in education.[4] Grant's father was a slave in Kentucky who fled to Chatham, Ontario, Canada to escape a whipping. Grant attended schools in Chatham, Pontiac, Michigan, and at the Wilberforce Educational Institute in Ohio. Grant met a teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia while he was working as a waiter in New York. He was convinced to move to Fredericksburg to teach there. He taught mostly in country schools and was the principal of the Fredericksburg Colored School. In 1924 he retired after 42 years in education.[4] HistoryBoth Walker and Grant worked together with others to create the Fredericksburg Normal and Industrial Institute, the first high school for blacks in Fredericksburg. The Institute opened in 1905 with 20 students, supported only by donations from residents and, thus, was not a public school. The school opened in the basement of the Shiloh Baptist Church.[4][10] In 1906, the Institute was moved to a farmhouse on land purchased in an area of Fredericksburg known as Moorefield. The name of the area was changed to Mayfield. A new building was constructed for the school in the 1920s with four classrooms, an office, science laboratory, cloak rooms and about 20 rooms for boarding students.[4] In time, the financial burden on the black community to support the growing and successful school became too great and by 1935 the school was struggling to survive. In 1938, the Fredericksburg Normal and Industrial Institute was made part of the city school system. The school was merged with the nearby black elementary school and the entire school was named Walker–Grant.[4][5][6] When the Fredericksburg school system was integrated in 1968, Walker–Grant became the city's middle school, serving white and black students.[7] In 1988, Walker–Grant Middle School moved to a new building, retaining the Walker–Grant name.[7] The original Walker–Grant building is still used by the Fredericksburg school system for administrative offices and the Head Start Program.[7] References1. ^{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=19 March 2013}} {{NRHP in Fredericksburg, Virginia}}{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker-Grant School}}2. ^1 {{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Fredericksburg/111-5006_Walker-Grant_HS_1998_Final_Nomination.pdf|work=Walker-Grant School|publisher=United States Department of the Interior; National Park Service|accessdate=14 June 2012}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties 10/26/98 through 10/30/98|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/981106.htm|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=United States Department of the Interior; National Park Service|accessdate=14 June 2012}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book|last=Fitzgerald|first=Ruth Coder|title=A Different Story: A Black History of Fredericksburg, Stafford, and Spotsylvania, Virginia|year=1979|publisher=Unicorn|isbn=0978843207|pages=133–139|url=https://books.google.com/?id=CiF5AAAAMAAJ&q=inauthor:%22Ruth+Coder+Fitzgerald%22&dq=inauthor:%22Ruth+Coder+Fitzgerald%22}} 5. ^1 {{cite news|title=Joseph Walker and Jason C. Grant: The men behind the well-known school name|url=http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/Projects/2005/our_history/grant1|accessdate=7 June 2012|newspaper=The Free Lance-Star; Fredericksburg, Virginia|date=16 February 2005}} 6. ^{{cite web|last=Fitzgerald|first=Ruth|title=African-American History of Fredericksburg, Virginia|url=http://history.librarypoint.org/african_american_history_of_fredericksburg_virginia|work=History LibraryPoint|publisher=Central Rappahannock Regional Library|accessdate=7 June 2012}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.cityschools.com/walkergrantmiddleschool/about-walker-grant/ |title=About Walker–Grant |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Fredericksburg City Schools |accessdate=June 16, 2012}} 6 : School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia|Art Deco architecture in Virginia|School buildings completed in 1938|Schools in Fredericksburg, Virginia|National Register of Historic Places in Fredericksburg, Virginia|1938 establishments in Virginia |
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