{"nrhp_refnum":"84000058","name":"Fishburne Military School","other_names":["Fishburne Home School","VHLC File No. 136-4"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"225 S. Wayne Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waynesboro (Independent City)","county":"Waynesboro","state":"VA","lat":38.067483422000066,"lon":-78.89154211499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private military school complex at 225 South Wayne Avenue in Waynesboro, Virginia, on about nine acres. It centers on a Gothic-style Barracks built 1916-1921 and an Administration Building built 1939-1940, both designed by the Staunton firm T.J. Collins and Sons.","why_significant":"The nomination holds that the school is the only one of eleven academies and classical schools founded in Augusta County between 1742 and 1884 still operating. It was founded by James A. Fishburne, a protege of Robert E. Lee. Its Gothic buildings follow the tradition of Virginia military schools and form a major architectural landmark for Waynesboro.","narrative":"Fishburne Military School occupies a nine-acre campus in the center of Waynesboro, Virginia. Two large brick buildings with Indiana limestone trim dominate it: a quadrangle-shaped Barracks built between 1916 and 1921 and an Administration Building completed in 1940. Both were designed by the Staunton firm T.J. Collins and Sons in the Gothic style, with lancet arches, buttresses, crenelated towers and a fortress-like appearance. The Administration Building encases the 1882 home of founder James A. Fishburne. James Fishburne, who studied under Robert E. Lee at Washington College, opened a day school in 1879, and it became a military school in the 1880s. It was among the first two Virginia schools accredited by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools, in 1897. It is the only one of Augusta County's historic academies still operating, and its buildings are a major architectural landmark of the city.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1916-1921; 1938-1940)","architect_builder":"T.J. Collins and Sons (Staunton architects; sons William and Samuel Collins)","architectural_style":"Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition and in educational and military use; the buildings were sandblasted and treated in 1979-80 with no noticeable damage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.88983-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/6840/41684083/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/84000058.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000058/313db7cf8f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000058/313db7cf8f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fishburne_Military_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</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:Fishburne_Military_School.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000369","name":"Tree Streets Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/tree-streets-historic-district-02000369/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684083","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishburne_Military_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5454715"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/waynesboro/fishburne-military-school-84000058/"}