Toms Brook School

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.

Toms Brook School
Toms Brook School, September 2013
Toms Brook School is located in Virginia
Toms Brook School
Toms Brook School is located in the United States
Toms Brook School
Location3232 S. Main St., Toms Brook, Virginia
Coordinates38°56′38″N 78°26′38″W
Area1.156 acres (0.468 ha)
Builtc. 1935 (1935)–1936, 1952
ArchitectMims, James Raymond
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.11000554[1]
VLR No.313-5001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 2011
Designated VLRJune 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."[8]

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. [9]

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.[10] [11] [12]

References
  1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/15/11 through 8/19/11. National Park Service. August 26, 2011.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. "Dickenson Schools Are Granted Loan". Associated Press. The Bristol Herald Courier (Bristol, Tennessee). April 26, 1935. p. 9.
  4. "Waynesboro School Fund Application Disapproved". The News Leader (Staunton, Virginia). September 13, 1935. p. 1.
  5. Neville, Ashley; Salmon, John (March 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Toms Brook School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
  6. "Toms Brook School, Shenandoah Co. -- DHR #313-5001". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018.
  7. "Toms Brook School". Shenandoah County Public Library. Shenandoah County Stories website accessed on May 18, 2023.
  8. "Toms Brook School". Shenandoah County Public Library. Shenandoah County Stories website accessed on May 18, 2023.
  9. "Toms Brook School". Shenandoah County Public Library. Shenandoah County Stories website accessed on May 18, 2023.
  10. "Toms Brook Apartments".People Inc.. People Inc. website accessed May 18, 2023.
  11. "Toms Brook Apartments: An Adaptive Reuse of a Historic School Building".VCDC. VCDC website accessed May 18, 2023.
  12. "Case Study: Toms Brook School, Virginia".National Park Service. NPS website accessed May 18, 2023.
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