Robert Fulton School (Richmond, Virginia)

Robert Fulton School
Front entrance of the school, viewed from Carlisle Avenue
Location 1000-1012 Carlisle Ave., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates 37°31′01″N 77°24′16″W / 37.51694°N 77.40444°W / 37.51694; -77.40444Coordinates: 37°31′01″N 77°24′16″W / 37.51694°N 77.40444°W / 37.51694; -77.40444
Area 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built 1917
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference # 100001643[1]
Added to NRHP September 18, 2017

The Robert Fulton School is a historic school building at 1000-1012 Carlisle Avenue in the Fulton Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. It is a two-story T-shaped structure, built with a frame of concrete and steel and finished in brick. It was built in 1917 to a design by William Leigh Carneal, a prominent Virginia architect, as part of a school construction program instituted by longtime superintendent J.A.C. Chandler. It served as a school until 1979, at first as a segregated white school, and then as a school for African-Americans as the Fulton Hill area became increasingly black. It was integrated in 1969.[2]

The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1] It has been converted into residences.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Robert Fulton School" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2017-10-25.


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