{"nrhp_refnum":"11000605","name":"Louisa High School","other_names":["VDHR Number 254-0004"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"212 Fredericksburg Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Louisa","county":"Louisa County","state":"VA","lat":38.02519956900005,"lon":-77.99766790799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-08-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Louisa High School is a granite ashlar school building at 212 Fredericksburg Avenue in Louisa, Virginia, built in 1907 to a design by Charles M. Robinson. It was enlarged around 1916, rebuilt after a 1924 fire, and now serves as a town hall and performing arts center.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school reflects the growth of public high school education in Virginia after the 1906 Mann High School Act, with Louisa among the first counties to use the matching state funds. It also added a teacher-training department by 1910. It is significant architecturally as the work of prolific school architect Charles M. Robinson and as the only granite ashlar school in a region of brick schools.","narrative":"Built in 1907 at 212 Fredericksburg Avenue in Louisa, this granite ashlar school was designed by Charles M. Robinson, a prolific Virginia school architect. It began as a one-and-a-half story building with a recessed entrance under a round arch. Around 1916 a second story and a rear auditorium were added. A fire in 1924 left only the granite walls, and the school was rebuilt and reopened the next year. It served Louisa County as a high school until 1940, then as an elementary school until 1987. Its construction followed the 1906 Mann High School Act, and Louisa was among the first counties to use the state matching funds. A teacher-training department was in place by 1910. The use of granite was unusual in a region of brick schools. A 1957 annex was demolished in 2003, and the building was rehabilitated as a town hall and performing arts center, with a gallery addition completed in 2006.","period_of_significance":"1907-1940","architect_builder":"Architect: Charles M. Robinson; Builders: Leigh Brothers (1907), Elgin Morris, 1924","architectural_style":"Other","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated and now used as a town hall and performing arts center, with a 2006 gallery addition replacing a 1957 annex demolished in 2003.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.780292-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/6817/41681709/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/11000605.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000605/b6b62268d3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000605/b6b62268d3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Christopher Rand","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisa_High_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Rand</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisa_High_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681709","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712752"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/louisa-county/louisa-high-school-11000605/"}