{"nrhp_refnum":"01000692","name":"Orange High School","other_names":["Bellview School","275-5002"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"224 Belleview Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orange","county":"Orange County","state":"VA","lat":38.25063816100004,"lon":-78.11486884999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two brick Classical Revival school buildings at 224 Belleview Avenue in the Town of Orange, Virginia: the 1911 Orange High School and an adjacent 1925 annex with 1932 wings and a 2000 addition. Both have been rehabilitated as apartments for the elderly.","why_significant":"The property is significant for its role in Orange County's public education, as the first public school building constructed at the county seat, which served students until 1970. The 1911 building is a good example of the work of Charles M. Robinson, described as the state's premier school architect from 1908 to 1932. The annex exemplifies a standard school plan used across Virginia in the early twentieth century.","narrative":"Two brick school buildings on Belleview Avenue in Orange, Virginia, now house apartments for older residents. The older one, opened in 1911, is a two-and-a-half-story Classical Revival block with a monumental Doric portico modeled on the Temple of Albano, and a cast-iron double stair at its center. It was designed by Richmond architect Charles M. Robinson and built for a contract of $16,892. Beside it stands a one-story annex from 1925, based on a Virginia Department of Education standard plan, with a central gymnasium and auditorium. Wings were added in 1932. The complex was the first public school building at the county seat, replacing a one-room schoolhouse, and served the county's Madison District until 1970. After roughly thirty years of vacancy and a late-1990s demolition proposal that drew local protest, the buildings were rehabilitated as senior housing, retaining the stair, pressed tin ceilings, maple floors and exterior detail.","period_of_significance":"1911-1951","architect_builder":"Charles M. Robinson","architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th century Revivals / Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Both buildings were rehabilitated as apartments for the elderly after the 1911 building had been vacant for about thirty years; the kitchen building has been demolished.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.331491-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/6823/41682388/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/01000692.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000692/7fdd84a479-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000692/7fdd84a479-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ser Amantio di Nicolao","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orange_High_School,_Orange,_VA,_angled_view.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orange_High_School,_Orange,_VA,_angled_view.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682388","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_High_School_(Orange,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7099648"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/orange-county/orange-high-school-01000692/"}