{"nrhp_refnum":"83003298","name":"Lafayette Grammar and High School","other_names":["Lafayette I.O.P. Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3109 Tidewater Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Norfolk (Independent City)","county":"Norfolk","state":"VA","lat":36.87695125700003,"lon":-76.26464656199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-02-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-part public school at 3109 Tidewater Drive in Norfolk, Virginia, made up of a 1905 Colonial Revival grammar school and a 1910 high school addition joined by a neutral link. Vance Hebard designed the grammar school and Lee & Deihl designed the addition.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a good example of early 20th-century public school architecture, with a well-preserved, intimately scaled Colonial Revival grammar school. It served as the focal point of the Lafayette Residence Park, the earliest suburban development in the area, and was the largest school in Norfolk County. It remained the main public building and architectural landmark of the neighborhood.","narrative":"Lafayette Grammar and High School at 3109 Tidewater Drive, Norfolk, consists of two brick buildings joined by a neutral link. The grammar school, built in 1905-06 to designs by Norfolk architect Vance Hebard, is a low two-story Colonial Revival building with a slate hipped roof, arched windows, white brick trim and a pedimented central entrance. It drew on mid-18th-century Virginia houses and has a residential scale. In 1910 the Norfolk firm of Lee & Deihl added an eight-room high school wing, which later lost its hipped roof, cornice and Doric portico. The school served the Tanner's Creek District of Norfolk County, a rapidly growing streetcar suburb, and anchored the Lafayette Residence Park. It became the largest school in the county system and held 926 students by 1923, when the area was annexed to Norfolk. It remained the neighborhood's main public building and architectural focus. The school was phased out of educational use in the 1970s, and conversion to housing was proposed.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1905, 1910)","architect_builder":"1905, Vance Hebard; 1910, Lee & Deihl","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (grammar school)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the City of Norfolk; phased out of educational use in the 1970s and described as abandoned in 1970; proposed for conversion to housing. The grammar school is well preserved, while the high school has lost its roof, cornice and portico.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.834731-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/6821/41682159/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/83003298.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000071","name":"Lafayette Residence Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/lafayette-residence-park-99000071/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682159","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Grammar_and_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16893876"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/norfolk/lafayette-grammar-and-high-school-83003298/"}