Mt. Pleasant School (Gerrardstown, West Virginia)
Appearance
Mt. Pleasant School | |
Location | Abiding Way, near Gerrardstown, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°21′49″N 78°7′28″W / 39.36361°N 78.12444°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1897 |
Architectural style | Gable-front |
NRHP reference No. | 08000928 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 18, 2008 |
Mt. Pleasant School, now known as Mt. Olive Methodist Church, is a historic one-room school building located near Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built about 1897 and is a one story, gable roofed vernacular building. It measures approximately 24 feet wide and 39 feet deep. The exterior is finished in native random ashlar limestone. It is built into the slope of the hillside, and features a raised front porch. The school was built for African American children. It ceased use as a school in 1939 and began use as a church in 1942.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ David L. Taylor, (April 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mt. Pleasant School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
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Categories:
- African-American history of West Virginia
- Defunct schools in West Virginia
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1939
- Educational institutions established in 1897
- Former school buildings in the United States
- Historically segregated African-American schools in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- One-room schoolhouses in West Virginia
- School buildings completed in 1897
- Schools in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs