Vale School-Community House

Vale School-Community House
Vale School-Community House, November 2012
Location 3124 Fox Mill Rd., Oakton, Virginia
Coordinates 38°53′29″N 77°20′56″W / 38.89139°N 77.34889°W / 38.89139; -77.34889Coordinates: 38°53′29″N 77°20′56″W / 38.89139°N 77.34889°W / 38.89139; -77.34889
Area 1.82 acres (0.74 ha)
Built c. 1928 (1928)
Architectural style One-room school
NRHP reference # 11000349[1]
VLR # 029-5615
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 8, 2011
Designated VLR March 17, 2011[2]

Vale School-Community House is a historic one-room school located at Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia. It was built about 1884, and expanded with a second room in 1912. It is a one-story, two-room, wood-frame building on a stone and concrete foundation. It has a gable front with overhanging eaves, and topped by a belfry with its school bell. Also on the property is a contributing a well built in 1951 and the former location of a privy constructed in 1884. The school closed in 1931, and was reopened as a Community House by the Vale Home Demonstration Club in 1935.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/06/11 through 6/10/11. National Park Service. 2011-06-17.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Carol Cross (November 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Vale School-Community House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying five photos


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