{"nrhp_refnum":"00001431","name":"Millwood Colored School","other_names":["Millwood Community Center","VDHR No. 021-0192-0008"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1610 Millwood Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boyce","county":"Clarke County","state":"VA","lat":39.07477738800003,"lon":-78.04194097999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-11-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, two-room frame schoolhouse at 1610 Millwood Road in the village of Millwood, Boyce, Clarke County, Virginia, built around 1910 to serve the local African-American community.","why_significant":"It is argued to be locally significant under Criteria A and C in the areas of Education, Black Ethnic Heritage and Architecture. It continued a school tradition in Millwood dating to about 1869, where children learned reading, writing and trades. It is described as the largest and most intact two-room African-American school in Clarke County, built with funds from Graham F. Blandy.","narrative":"Built around 1910, this one-story frame schoolhouse on Millwood Road served the African-American community of Millwood until 1952. It replaced an earlier Reconstruction-era school on the same lot, and funding came from local resident Graham F. Blandy. Students learned carpentry, sewing and cooking along with basic academics, and the school was noted for facilities few small rural schools had. The hip-roofed building sits on a limestone foundation and is clad in German-lap siding, with a recessed entry, two doors, scalloped rafter ends and molded interior trim with bull's-eye corner blocks. It is larger and more refined than other African-American schools in the county. After the school closed and pupils were bussed to Berryville, the Millwood Good Will Association bought it and renamed it the Millwood Community Center. It is recognized for its role in Black education and as the county's most intact two-room school of its kind.","period_of_significance":"1910-1950","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used since 1952 as the Millwood Community Center by a local non-profit for meetings and social and cultural activities; it was unused from 1982 to 1991, and the interior is being updated for more events.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.390626-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/6802/41680250/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/00001431.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001431/117cbc1f8a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001431/117cbc1f8a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cecouchman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Millwood_Community_Center,_originally_Millwood_Colored_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cecouchman</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Millwood_Community_Center,_originally_Millwood_Colored_School.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"93001133","name":"Greenway Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/greenway-historic-district-93001133/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680250","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millwood_Colored_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712856"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/clarke-county/millwood-colored-school-00001431/"}