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Weston Colored School
United States historic place / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Weston Colored School, also known as the Central West Virginia Genealogical & Historical Library and Museum and Frontier School, is a historic one-room school building located at Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was built in 1882, and is a single-story rubbed red brick building on a fieldstone foundation. It originally measured 22feet by 28feet, then enlarged in 1928 by 12feet, 6inches. It was used as an educational facility for the community's African-American youth until desegregation in 1954. It was subsequently used for storage, then an agricultural classroom for the Lewis County High School,[2] and as a shop for mentally disabled students. It afterwards was used by the Central West Virginia Genealogical & Historical Library and Museum.[3]
Weston Colored School | |
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Location | 345 Center St., Weston, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°2′23″N 80°27′53″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Architectural style | Mission/spanish Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 93000224[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 9, 1993 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It is located in the Weston Downtown Residential Historic District, listed in 2005.[1]