Stratford Junior High School
Stratford Junior High School | |
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| Location | 4100 Vacation Ln., Arlington, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°54′0″N 77°6′44″W / 38.90000°N 77.11222°W |
| Area | 8.8 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1950 |
| Built by | Wise Contracting Co. |
| Architect | Burket, Rhees Evans Sr. |
| Architectural style | International Style |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000110[1] |
| VLR No. | 000-9412 |
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| Added to NRHP | February 26, 2004 |
| Designated VLR | December 3, 2003[2] |
Stratford Junior High School is a historic junior high school building located in the Cherrydale neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. It was designed in 1949, and built in 1950. An addition was built in 1995. It is a two- to three-story, concrete post-and-beam building clad primarily in buff brick and sandstone veneer. The building is in a high-style International Style architecture. It features a two-story, three bay projecting portico of exposed concrete on four tapered concrete columns. Other features include a flat parapet roof, decorative minimalism, and the strong horizontal qualities of the building emphasized by the use of finishing materials and banded windows. In 1959, Stratford Junior High School became the first public secondary school in the Commonwealth of Virginia to desegregate with the admission of four African American students. The school building houses H-B Woodlawn School.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ Carrie E. Albee and Laura V. Trieschmann (April 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stratford Junior High School" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos
- History of African-American civil rights
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- International style architecture in the United States
- School buildings completed in 1950
- Schools in Arlington County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Arlington County, Virginia
- Northern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Arlington County, Virginia geography stubs