Hill Grove School

Hill Grove School is a historic school for African American children located at Hurt, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was built in 1915, and is a small, simple single-story, weatherboarded, light-frame building on a fieldstone foundation, with a low-pitched side-gable roof. It features a single-bay, tin-covered, shed roof porch supported by two-by-four lumber over the entrance. The school closed in the early 1960s.[3]

Hill Grove School
Western side
Hill Grove School is located in Virginia
Hill Grove School
Hill Grove School is located in the United States
Hill Grove School
Location2580 Wards Rd., Hurt, Virginia
Coordinates37°04′04″N 79°14′57″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1915 (1915)
NRHP reference No.04000104[1]
VLR No.071-5187
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 2004
Designated VLRDecember 3, 2003[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Michael J. Pulice and John R. Kern (August 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hill Grove School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
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