Josephine City School, Berryville

Name: Josephine City School
Address: Berryville, United States

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Josephine City School is a historic school building for African-American children located at Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built about 1882, and is a rectangular, one-story, frame building with a gable roof and a four-bay side gable entrance facade. The school measures approximately 40 feet long and 30 feet wide. It is part of a school complex for African American children that included the Josephine City School; the 1930 brick Clarke County Training School; and a 1941 frame building that was constructed as additional agriculture classrooms. It was used as an elementary school until 1930, when it was moved a short distance from its original location, and used as the Clarke County Training School's home economics and agriculture classrooms. It was used for classrooms until 1971, when it was turned into storage space, after which it was converted into low/moderate-income elderly housing. ()

Built: 1882 (142 years ago)Coordinates: 39°8'28"N, 77°58'46"W

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Berryville United States

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Nearby attractions include: Orland E. White Research Arboretum, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Holy Cross Abbey, Old Clarke County Courthouse.

7 miSW
Garden, Park, Forest
Orland E. White Research Arboretum, Boyce
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5.9 miSW
Museum
Burwell-Morgan Mill, Boyce
150 min walk • Burwell-Morgan Mill, also known as the Millwood Mill, is a historic grist mill located at Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built about 1785 by Gen. Daniel Morgan and Lt. Col. Nathaniel Burwell, who both served in the American Revolution. Burwell was the project's financier and Morgan managed the construction.
5.5 miE
Shopping, Monastery
Holy Cross Abbey, Berryville
141 min walk • Holy Cross Abbey is a monastery of the Catholic Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, popularly known as the Trappists. The monastery is located near Berryville in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, United States.
0.7 miN
History museum, Museum
Old Clarke County Courthouse, Berryville
20 min walk • The Old Clarke County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse complex located at Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia.
5.9 miSW
Georgian architecture
Saratoga, Boyce
150 min walk • Saratoga, also known as the General Daniel Morgan House, is a historic plantation house near Boyce, Virginia. It was built in 1779 by Daniel Morgan, a general in the Continental Army best known for his victory over the British at the Battle of Cowpens in 1781.
1.2 miNE
Georgian architecture
Soldier's Rest, Berryville
31 min walk • Soldier's Rest is a historic farmhouse located in Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia. It was constructed about 1780 for the family of William Morton, and it was later owned and added to by Daniel Morgan, a general in the American Revolution, and by Col Griffin Taylor, a veteran...
~1140 ftNW
Neighbourhood
Josephine City Historic District, Berryville
6 min walk • Josephine City Historic District is a national historic district located on either side of Josephine Street in the southeast portion of the town of Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia.