Douglas School, Winchester

Name: Douglas School
Address: Winchester, United States

#28 among attractions in Winchester

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Douglas School, also known as the Douglas Community Learning Center, is a historic school for African-American students located at Winchester, Virginia. It is a central auditorium plan school built in 1927, with funds from the John Handley Endowment. It is a one-story, dark red brick building with a four columned, Classical Revival style entry. Additions to the building were made in 1940, 1951, and 1962. The school served as the only African-American school in the city until 1966, when it was closed after integration of the Winchester schools. ()

Built: 1927 (97 years ago)Coordinates: 39°11'33"N, 78°9'30"W

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Winchester United States

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Douglas School – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum, Glen Burnie, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Patsy Cline House.

0.5 miSW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum, Winchester
12 min walk • The Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum is a historic house located at 415 North Braddock Street in the Historic District of Winchester, Virginia.
1.1 miW
Museum, Georgian architecture
Glen Burnie, Winchester
30 min walk • Glen Burnie is a historic home located at Winchester, Virginia. It consists of a 2 1/2-story central section built in two sections about 1794, with flanking two-bay, two-story wings built in 1959. It is a brick dwelling in the Georgian style. Built in 1794 by Robert Wood, son of James and Mary Wood. James founded Frederick Town in 1744.
1.3 miSW
Museum, History museum, Art museum
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester
34 min walk • The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley is located at 901 Amherst Street, Winchester, Virginia. The Museum endeavours to preserve and enrich the cultural life and heritage of the Valley.
1.1 miS
Museum, Historical place, Greek Revival architecture
Patsy Cline House, Winchester
27 min walk • The Patsy Cline Historic House at 608 S. Kent St. in a working-class neighborhood of Winchester, Virginia was the home from 1948 to 1953 of Virginia Patterson Hensley, who later became the country music star known as Patsy Cline.
0.7 miSW
Church
Christ Episcopal Church, Winchester
19 min walk • Christ Church, or Christ Episcopal Church, is an Anglican church in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. The church was founded in 1738, with its first vestry elected in 1742.
0.6 miS
Cemetery
Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester
15 min walk • Winchester National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Winchester in Frederick County, Virginia.
0.5 miS
Church
Old Stone Church, Winchester
13 min walk • Old Stone Church is a historic church at 304 E. Piccadilly Street in Winchester, Virginia. The church meeting house was constructed in 1788. Upon its completion, local Presbyterians began worshipping in the building.
0.6 miNE
Forts and castles
Fort Collier, Winchester
16 min walk • Built by Confederate Lieutenant Collier and Virginia militia with the aid of Federal prisoners, the Fort Collier redoubt guarded the north entrance of Winchester, Virginia on the east side of the Martinsburg Pike.
0.7 miSW
Museum, Greek Revival architecture
Frederick County Courthouse, Winchester
18 min walk • Frederick County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. It was built in 1840, and is a two-story, rectangular, brick building on a stone foundation and partial basement in the Greek Revival style.
0.5 miS
Cemetery
Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse, Winchester
12 min walk • Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse is a historic cemetery and gatehouse located at Winchester, Virginia. The cemetery was established in 1844 on two older churchyards, including that of Christ Episcopal Church in 1853.
0.6 miSW
Interesting neighbourhood
Handley Library, Winchester
16 min walk • Handley Library is a historic library building located at 100 West Piccadilly Street in Winchester, Virginia, United States. Completed in 1913, construction of the Beaux-Arts style building was funded by a wealthy Pennsylvania businessman.

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Nearby attractions include Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse, Winchester (12 min walk), Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum, Winchester (12 min walk), Old Stone Church, Winchester (13 min walk), Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester (15 min walk).