{"nrhp_refnum":"84003576","name":"Stonewall Jackson School","other_names":["West End School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1520 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.54780431100005,"lon":-77.46045282099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick and granite school building at 1520 West Main Street in Richmond's Fan District, Virginia, erected in 1886-1887 as the West End School and later renamed Stonewall Jackson School, with an early twentieth-century auditorium on the same lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the only nineteenth-century school in Richmond to survive without major alterations or additions, and the best preserved early school in the city. It was the first school to serve the expanding western townhouse districts and marked the end of a turbulent period in public education. Its free, asymmetrical Italianate design, combining curved and rectangular elements, is described as unique in the city.","narrative":"Built in 1886-1887 as the West End School, this tall brick and granite building at 1520 West Main Street rises above the lower townhouses and shops of Richmond's Fan District. Its plan is unusual: two identical wings face west and south, joined by a curved bay holding a double stair. Cast-iron Corinthian porches mark the entrances, and a bracketed Italianate cornice crowns the walls. The school was renamed Stonewall Jackson School in 1909 and housed the Richmond Normal School from 1915 to 1919. Classroom use continued in various forms until 1973. The building was converted to offices and a restaurant in the early 1980s with its exterior and interior finishes preserved. It is regarded as the only nineteenth-century Richmond school to survive without major alterations or additions. With twelve classrooms, it was far larger than most Virginia schools of its time, and its inventive Italianate design has no counterpart elsewhere in the city. An early twentieth-century auditorium stands on the same lot.","period_of_significance":"1886-1887","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a school until 1973, sold to a private developer in 1980 and converted to offices and a restaurant in 1982-83, with exterior features, floor plan and finishes retained. The form marks the property as occupied and unaltered, in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.541047-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/6830/41683047/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/84003576.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003576/6fd7f08524-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003576/6fd7f08524-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StonewallJacksonSchoolRichmondVA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StonewallJacksonSchoolRichmondVA.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000982","name":"James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/james-river-and-kanawha-canal-historic-district-71000982/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683047","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson_School_(Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900755"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/stonewall-jackson-school-84003576/"}