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| name = Rock Run School
| nrhp_type =
| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1_date = September 14, 2005[1]
| designated_other1_number = 044-5171
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| image = Rock Run School property.jpg
| caption = Looking toward the school from the south
| nearest_city= Fieldale, Virginia
| coordinates = {{coord|36|43|5|N|79|58|49|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Virginia#USA
| area =
| built = 1880
| architect =
| architecture =
| added = November 16, 2005
| refnum = 05001268[2]
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Rock Run School was built as a 100-room school house in the late 19th century. Today it is regarded as offering a strong insight into the state of black education in the years between the U.S. Civil War and Brown vs. Board of Education. This Henry County, Virginia school soon added another room, and operated as an educational institution until the mid-1950s, when it was consolidated into a larger segregated school. Similar to most other black schools, Rock Run School was painfully underfunded throughout its history, stunting the development and materials available to the school.

The application of the registry gives this summation: "The Rock Run School served the African American community of Rock Run in rural Henry County, Virginia from the post-Civil War Reconstruction Period of the early 1880s through the mid-20th century. It is a highly significant vestige of the educational history of Southside Virginia, the rural south, and the black population of late 19th-mid-20th century Henry County. Although in overall poor condition, the school has not been altered over the years or damaged in any substantial way. As such, its historic integrity is remarkable, and its potential for restoration appears promising. It is a rare and irreplaceable surviving example of an educational institution that served African Americans, because it represents several phases in the evolution of African American education in Virginia."[3]

"Frank Agnew, a student at Rock Run School in the 1940s, restored the school with funds from the Harvest Foundation."[4]

Unlike most log rural schoolhouses of the time, the Rock Run School was constructed as a frame building. Although the means of construction Rock Run are unknown, it is most likely that the parents and students themselves helped build the school, contributing supplies and labor because of the lack of government funding.

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}
2. ^{{NRISref|2009a}}
3. ^National Register of Historic Places. Registration Form. OMB No. 1024-0018. 2005. "Rock Run School". Section 8, page 3.
4. ^Architectural Survey of Henry County. 2009. Page 64.
  • Rock Run School   - Virginia African Heritage Program

External links

  • Information on the Rock Run School from Virginia African Heritage Program
{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}

6 : School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia|National Register of Historic Places in Henry County, Virginia|Historically segregated African-American schools in the United States|One-room schoolhouses in Virginia|Schoolhouses in the United States|Buildings and structures in Henry County, Virginia

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