{"nrhp_refnum":"04000110","name":"Stratford Junior High School","other_names":["H-B Woodlawn School","VDHR File Number 000-9412"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4100 Vacation Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.90018950000007,"lon":-77.11181306099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-02-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Black","Social History","Education"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story International Style junior high school at 4100 Vacation Lane in Cherrydale, Arlington County, Virginia, built in 1950 to designs by architect Rhees Evans Burket, Sr., with minor additions in 1995.","why_significant":"In 1959 it became the first public secondary school in Virginia to desegregate, when four African American students were admitted, marking the end of massive resistance in the state. It is also a high-style, intact example of International Style school architecture in Arlington County and was one of the most modern school buildings in the area when built.","narrative":"Stratford Junior High School, at 4100 Vacation Lane in Cherrydale, Arlington County, Virginia, is a three-story International Style school designed by Washington architect Rhees Evans Burket, Sr. and built by Wise Contracting Company in 1950. Its long, linear plan features concrete post-and-beam construction, buff brick and sandstone veneer, banded windows framed in limestone, glass block, and a projecting concrete portico on tapered columns. Minor additions were made in 1995. The school was the first of four junior high schools Arlington built in the 1950s, and its high cost drew public debate. Its greater importance lies in civil rights history: on February 2, 1959, four African American students entered the school, making it the first public secondary school in Virginia to desegregate. That event signaled the end of massive resistance in the state. It also stands as an intact, high-style example of mid-century modern school design, including the county's first purpose-built science laboratory.","period_of_significance":"1950-1959","architect_builder":"Burket, Rhees Evans, Sr., Architect; Wise Contracting Company, Builder","architectural_style":"Modern Movement/International Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a school (historic and current function: education/school); renovated in 1995 with a gymnasium addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.456474-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/6796/41679612/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000110.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000110/2c35efdc38-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000110/2c35efdc38-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H-B_Woodlawn.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Farragutful</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:H-B_Woodlawn.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679612","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford_Junior_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713261"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/stratford-junior-high-school-04000110/"}