{"nrhp_refnum":"86001402","name":"Deerfield School","other_names":["Deerfield Elementary School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 600","address_restricted":false,"city":"Deerfield","county":"Augusta County","state":"VA","lat":38.19453727600006,"lon":-79.40595054199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-room frame elementary school built in 1937 on Route 600 in the remote Deerfield Valley of western Augusta County, Virginia. It was built under the supervision of Kellis Bibb and G. G. Shaver.","why_significant":"It is the only surviving example in the county of the original consolidated rural school concept, and it keeps the character of an early 20th-century consolidated school. It is also one of the least altered and best preserved examples of the state-designed central-auditorium plan. It illustrates the last phase of state-mandated school plans adapted by the county School Board for local needs.","narrative":"Deerfield School is a small frame school built in 1937 beside Route 600 in the remote Deerfield Valley of western Augusta County. It replaced an earlier consolidated school from 1904 that burned. Kellis Bibb and G. G. Shaver of the School Board's Maintenance Department supervised construction. The building follows the central-auditorium plan, with a combined gymnasium and auditorium flanked by gabled classroom wings. Because the valley's population was small, it holds only four classrooms, each housing two grades. The exterior is plain, with 6/6 sash windows and a recessed transom-lighted entrance. The auditorium keeps its wood floors and still serves as library and multipurpose space. A cafeteria wing was added in 1948-49 and a gymnasium in 1979. The school matters because its isolation spared it from the later consolidations that closed similar schools. It is the county's only surviving example of the early consolidated school concept and one of its best preserved central-auditorium schools, and it still operates as an elementary school.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Kellis Bibb & C. G. Shaver","architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as an elementary school; condition good, with some alterations including a 1948-49 cafeteria addition and a 1979 gymnasium addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.388052-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/6786/41678601/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/86001402.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001402/a40dd908e7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001402/a40dd908e7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deerfield_School,_now_community_center.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deerfield_School,_now_community_center.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678601","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deerfield_School_(Deerfield,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712231"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/augusta-county/deerfield-school-86001402/"}