{"nrhp_refnum":"06000872","name":"King William Training School","other_names":["Pamunkey Baptist Association Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18627 King William Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"King William","county":"King William County","state":"VA","lat":37.697432857000024,"lon":-77.03602442999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-09-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-teacher Rosenwald school built in 1922-23 on a 6.5-acre site at the junction of state routes 30 and 269 in King William, King William County, Virginia. The complex also has a home economics building, a ruined shop building and a ruined girls' privy.","why_significant":"The school is argued to be significant under Criterion A for its close ties to the history of King William County and its African-American community, in education and ethnic heritage. It also meets Criterion C as a significant example of a Rosenwald school in Virginia, built to a Rosenwald Fund standard plan. It survives with strong interior and site integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1922-23 near the junction of state routes 30 and 269 in King William, this wood-frame school was one of the Virginia schools erected with help from the Rosenwald Fund for African-American children. It follows the Fund's plan for a four-teacher community school, with classrooms, cloakrooms, a central auditorium with a stage, and a large front porch. A classroom was added in 1926-27, and in 1946 the school added grades 10-12, along with more classrooms, a shop and a home economics building. The later classroom additions were removed around 1975-80. Inside, the pine beaded-board walls and ceilings, pine floors, original stage, folding doors and an early public address system survive, and the original tin roof and porch remain under vinyl siding added in 1988. A curved drive lined with cedars and open playing fields also remain. The school is significant for its role in local African-American education and as an example of Rosenwald architecture, with a period of significance from about 1922 to 1951, the last year African-American students graduated there.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1922-1951","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other (built to Rosenwald Community School Plans, Floor Plan No. 4-A, Four Teacher Community School)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a meeting hall (Pamunkey Baptist Recreation Center); the home economics building is rented to tenants; the shop building and girls' privy are ruins. The school has remained in constant use since construction.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.136039-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/6787/41678729/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/06000872.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000872/43b7083ce4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000872/43b7083ce4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_William_Training_School_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Thshriver</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:King_William_Training_School_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678729","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_William_Training_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6412148"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/king-william-county/king-william-training-school-06000872/"}