{"nrhp_refnum":"92001031","name":"Bacon, Nathaniel, School","other_names":["DHR File No. 127-833"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"815 N. 35th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.53057275400005,"lon":-77.40455315999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-08-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story red brick public school with a raised basement at 815 North 35th Street in the Chimborazo neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, built in 1914 and designed by the firm of Carneal and Johnston.","why_significant":"The school is tied to an ambitious public school construction program in Richmond between 1909 and 1929, overseen by Public School Architect Charles M. Robinson. It is also significant as work of a locally prominent architectural firm and as a good example of Colonial Revival styling adapted to a standard school design.","narrative":"Built in 1914, Nathaniel Bacon School is a two-and-one-half story red brick school with a raised basement on a 3.1-acre site in Richmond's Chimborazo neighborhood. Designed by the firm of Carneal and Johnston, it combines Colonial and Beaux Arts revival elements, with cast concrete detailing at the main entrance, belt courses, lintels and cartouches. The school opened in September 1915 for kindergarten through grade 5, became a school for black students in 1958, and later served as an East End Junior High School Annex until it closed. It reflects a burst of school construction launched in 1909 under Superintendent J.A.C. Chandler and Public School Architect Charles M. Robinson, which produced most of Richmond's surviving historic schools. It also shows common school design ideas of its era: large windows, high ceilings and open grounds. A 1960 addition and enclosure of the second-floor auditorium are the main changes, and fine stairways remain. The building was vacant at the time of listing.","period_of_significance":"1914-1930","architect_builder":"Robinson, Charles M.; Supervising Architect; Carneal, William Leigh; Architect","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as vacant and in fair condition; the school closed several years before the nomination, after serving as an East End Junior High School Annex from 1971.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.280423-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/6789/41678920/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/92001031.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001031/d212d75030-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001031/d212d75030-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NathanielBaconSchoolRichmond.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:NathanielBaconSchoolRichmond.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678920","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Bacon_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6969492"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/bacon-nathaniel-school-92001031/"}