{"nrhp_refnum":"93001125","name":"Lucketts School","other_names":["Lucketts High School","Lucketts Community Center","53-287"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"42361 Lucketts Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Leesburg","county":"Loudoun County","state":"VA","lat":39.21489812600004,"lon":-77.53395799699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-10-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame schoolhouse in the village of Lucketts, northeastern Loudoun County, Virginia, built in 1913 and enlarged in 1919 and 1929. It stands on five acres facing U.S. Route 15.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the school is one of the best preserved early-twentieth-century schools in Loudoun County and one of the few remaining mostly frame ones. Its form, features and proportions, along with the 1929 state-designed addition, reflect progressive educational reforms in Virginia such as school consolidation, sanitation rules and auditoriums. It is also the principal landmark of the village.","narrative":"Lucketts School is a two-story frame schoolhouse at the crossroads of U.S. Route 15 and Virginia Route 662 in northeastern Loudoun County. Opened to pupils in October 1913, it began with four classrooms and a hipped roof, wide eaves with sawn rafter ends, a small columned entry porch and an open bell tower, blending Colonial Revival and Craftsman elements. Additions followed in 1919, adding classrooms to support a four-year high school, and in 1929, when a gable-roofed wing with two classrooms and an auditorium was built from Virginia Department of Education plans. The school was listed for its architecture. Its large rooms, tall windows and consolidated, multi-room layout reflect early-twentieth-century reforms in health, sanitation and graded schooling. It was built for white students, reflecting the racial disparities of the period. The school closed in 1972 after a new elementary school opened next door, and since 1981 it has served as a community center and the site of an annual fair.","period_of_significance":"1913 - 1929","architect_builder":"1913: Unknown; 1929: VA Dept. of Educ./Case Bros. of Purcellville","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Operated since 1981 as the Lucketts Community Center by Loudoun County Parks and Recreation; described as in good condition with no significant exterior changes since 1929.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.690759-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/45/6815/41681545/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/93001125.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001125/c8871d1cf7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001125/c8871d1cf7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Acroterion","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucketts_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Acroterion</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucketts_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681545","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucketts_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6697733"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/loudoun-county/lucketts-school-93001125/"}