{"nrhp_refnum":"09000392","name":"Schoolfield School Complex","other_names":["108-5065-0081"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"31 Baltimore Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Danville","county":"Danville","state":"VA","lat":36.56758000000008,"lon":-79.42389999999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of three school buildings at 22 and 31 Baltimore Avenue in the Schoolfield Village mill neighborhood of Danville, Virginia, built between about 1912 and 1940: Building A (1912-13), Building B (1936-37) and Building C (1939-40).","why_significant":"The complex is argued to be locally significant under Criterion C for its distinctive architecture, especially Building A, a Prairie Style school designed by regional architect Charles G. Pettit, Jr. Its stylistic elements are not known in other educational buildings in Danville, Pittsylvania County or the Southside region. The three buildings also represent the heart of the company mill community of Schoolfield Village.","narrative":"Three school buildings on Baltimore Avenue in Danville's Schoolfield Village form a complex that traces the education of a cotton mill community across the first half of the twentieth century. Building A, completed around 1913, is a two-and-a-half-story brick school in a simplified Prairie Style, with deep eaves, banded masonry and a louvered entry tower. It was designed by regional architect Charles G. Pettit, Jr. Building B, a vocational center from the mid-1930s, has a utilitarian industrial look and a cornerstone naming the Improved Order of Red Men. Building C, built about 1940 as a Public Works Administration high school, is a one-story brick building in a simplified Georgian Revival style. The mill company created Schoolfield Village with housing, churches, stores and schools for its workers. The complex was recognized for its architecture, particularly the Prairie design, which is not known to appear in other schools in the area. The buildings have been vacant since before 2007.","period_of_significance":"1913-1940","architect_builder":"Pettit, Charles G., Jr.","architectural_style":"Early 20th Century: Prairie; Early 20th Century: Georgian Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed current function is vacant/not in use; the complex was vacated before 2007 after serving as school system offices in the 1990s.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.351374-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/6803/41680363/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/09000392.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000392/d6c0df2fab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000392/d6c0df2fab-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Mx. Granger","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schoolfield_School_Complex_Building_B.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mx. Granger</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schoolfield_School_Complex_Building_B.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005881","name":"Schoolfield Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/schoolfield-historic-district-100005881/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680363","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoolfield_School_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15275699"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/danville/schoolfield-school-complex-09000392/"}