{"nrhp_refnum":"01000149","name":"Long, Edgar A., Building","other_names":["Christiansburg Industrial Institute"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"140 Scatttergood Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Christiansburg","county":"Montgomery County","state":"VA","lat":37.14257563000007,"lon":-80.41697110499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Black"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story brick school building at 140 Scattergood Drive in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, built in 1927 on the Christiansburg Industrial Institute campus. It was designed by architect William L. Baily, with J.D. Hufford as contractor.","why_significant":"The building is the only intact survivor of the Christiansburg Industrial Institute's twentieth-century campus and the only campus building named for an African-American. It represents the Institute's role in educating African-Americans in western Virginia and the Appalachian South, including its link to Booker T. Washington's system of practical education. It is significant at the state level under Criterion A in education and African-American ethnic heritage.","narrative":"Built in 1927 on the campus of the Christiansburg Industrial Institute, this two-and-a-half-story brick school building in Christiansburg, Virginia, was designed by Philadelphia architect William L. Baily and constructed by J.D. Hufford of Pulaski. Its Flemish bond walls, symmetrical facades and central hallway reflect Georgian Revival influence. It was named for Edgar A. Long, the school's principal from 1906 until his death in 1924, and is the only campus building named for an African-American. Funding came from a Friends' Freedmen's Association campaign and a General Education Board gift, and students helped with excavation. The building served all academic classes until the school closed in 1966. Later alterations include removed plaster, in-filled basement windows and plywood gables. It is the last intact building from the Institute's campus, which was tied to Booker T. Washington's practical education model. The alumni association now owns it and hopes to create a museum and community learning center.","period_of_significance":"1927 - 1947","architect_builder":"BAILY, WILLIAM L. (registered architect - PA); HUFFORD, J.D. (contractor - Pulaski, VA)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (described in the text as Georgian Revival-influenced)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Not in use at present; alterations occurred after the school board sold the property in 1967, and plans call for a museum and community learning center.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.984469-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/6819/41681993/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/01000149.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000149/e23043ecdd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000149/e23043ecdd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Skye Marthaler","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edgar_A._Long_Building_-_side_and_back_view.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Skye Marthaler</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:Edgar_A._Long_Building_-_side_and_back_view.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681993","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_A._Long_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712266"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/montgomery-county/long-edgar-a-building-01000149/"}