{"nrhp_refnum":"04000041","name":"Jericho School","other_names":["016-5014"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jericho Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ruther Glen","county":"Caroline County","state":"VA","lat":37.92915169300005,"lon":-77.51192969399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-02-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-room frame school for African-American children on one acre along Jericho Road in rural southern Caroline County, near Ruther Glen, Virginia, built about 1917 to replace an earlier log school on the same lot.","why_significant":"The school is argued to be an excellent, intact example of an early-twentieth-century one-room African-American school, representing the movement to educate Black children and the self-help efforts of the local community (Criterion A, education and ethnic heritage). It also closely resembles a Rosenwald Fund one-teacher plan, though apparently not built with Rosenwald money, and represents an increasingly rare building type (Criterion C).","narrative":"Jericho School is a one-room frame schoolhouse on Jericho Road in rural southern Caroline County, Virginia. Built about 1917 to replace an earlier log school, it measures roughly 20 by 40 feet, with weatherboard siding, a gable roof, six-over-six windows and a single front entrance flanked by small cloakrooms. A sunburst-patterned louvered vent on the front gable is its only decoration, and the blank east wall held the blackboard. The school served African-American children until it closed at the end of the 1961-62 school year. It is significant for education and ethnic heritage, reflecting the efforts of local families to educate their children with limited public support. Its plan also closely resembles a one-teacher design published by the Rosenwald Fund, even though it apparently received no Rosenwald money. The county sold the building in 1962 and it became rental housing. A preservation group formed in 2001 has since reversed many of the later alterations.","period_of_significance":"1917-1953","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant and not in use. Caroline County sold it in 1962, and it later served as a rental residence. A nonprofit formed in 2001 has since removed 1960s partitions and restored windows and weatherboard.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.213865-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/6799/41679975/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000041.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000041/7a59f84a9b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000041/7a59f84a9b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Nickmorgan2","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jericho_School.jpeg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nickmorgan2</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:Jericho_School.jpeg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679975","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712627"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/caroline-county/jericho-school-04000041/"}