{"nrhp_refnum":"07000764","name":"Sharon Indian School","other_names":["Indian View"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"13383 King William Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"King William","county":"King William County","state":"VA","lat":37.73446075800007,"lon":-77.11392772699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-07-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Aboriginal","Education","Native American","Politics/Government","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A tribal school property in King William, King William County, Virginia, made up of an extant 1952 brick school building and the archaeological site of an earlier 1919 one-room school. Both served the Upper Mattaponi tribe; the 1952 building was designed by Charles W. Huff, Jr., with Edward F. Sinnott.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant under Criterion A for its ties to education, Native American ethnic heritage, politics/government and social history, including segregated schooling in Virginia and the move toward desegregation. The 1919 site is also significant under Criterion D for its potential to yield archaeological information. The school symbolizes tribal initiative, since the Upper Mattaponi built and staffed the first school themselves.","narrative":"Sharon Indian School in King William, Virginia, consists of a 1952 brick school building and the archaeological remains of an earlier 1919 school. The Upper Mattaponi tribe, then known as the Adamstown Band, built, furnished and staffed the first school at its own expense. It was a one-room frame building heated by a pot-bellied stove. In 1952 a two-room school designed by Richmond architect Charles W. Huff, Jr., with Edward F. Sinnott, replaced it, with a south wall of Hopper-style windows. The older building later served as a lunchroom and was razed around 1964. The school closed in 1965 when students moved to county public schools. Afterward the county used the building for offices, and ownership returned to the tribe in the late 1980s. It now serves as the Tribal Center. The property is significant for its role in tribal identity, segregated and desegregated education, and the potential of the 1919 site to yield archaeological information.","period_of_significance":"1919-1956","architect_builder":"1919 building built by tribe, without benefit of architect; 1952 building designed by Charles W. Huff, Jr., AIA in association with Edward F. Sinnott, AIA","architectural_style":"1952 school: Moderne Movement-inspired, International Style-inspired; 1919 school: other (vernacular frame)","criteria":["A","D"],"status_note":"The 1952 building is in use as the Upper Mattaponi Tribal Center, hosting tribal council and committee meetings and social events. The 1919 school survives only as an archaeological site with brick steps visible.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.335077-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/6814/41681436/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000764.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000764/0371b21ccc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000764/0371b21ccc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sharon_Indian_School_3.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:Sharon_Indian_School_3.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681436","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Indian_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7490098"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/king-william-county/sharon-indian-school-07000764/"}