{"nrhp_refnum":"98001160","name":"Walker, Maggie L., High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1000 N. Lombardy St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.55845478100005,"lon":-77.45525972595561,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-09-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Black","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, red-brick reinforced-concrete public high school at 1000 North Lombardy Street in Richmond, Virginia, designed in 1937 and built in 1938 for the city's African-American students, and expanded in 1963.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A for its role in Richmond's African-American community and in the city's secondary education. Funded partly by the New Deal, it was the city's first vocational high school for Black youths and the first with a Black principal and faculty. Under Criterion C, it is a notable Art Deco work by the locally prominent firm Carneal, Johnston & Wright.","narrative":"Maggie L. Walker High School is a three-story, dark red brick and cast-concrete building on Lombardy Street in Richmond, Virginia. Designed in 1937 by Carneal, Johnston & Wright and opened in 1938, it sits on the former Hartshorn Memorial College campus. Green ceramic tile inlays, recessed brick stripes and limestone trim give the exterior Art Deco character, while its Y-shaped wing plan reflects Beaux Arts symmetry. A 1963 expansion added wings at the north and south ends. The school was built to relieve overcrowding at Armstrong High School, with federal Public Works funding covering part of the cost. It was the city's first vocational high school for African-American youths and the first city school with a Black principal and faculty. It offered trade, general and college-preparatory courses, plus night classes. The annual Armstrong-Walker football game became a community tradition. The school served mainly Black students until 1979. Vacant since 1989, the building retains very high integrity.","period_of_significance":"1938-1948","architect_builder":"Carneal, Johnston & Wright, Architects and Engineers","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Declared surplus in 1989 and vacant for nearly a decade; rehabilitation as the Governor's School for Government and International Studies was planned. Retains very high integrity.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.398263-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/6831/41683153/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/98001160.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001160/0990128258-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001160/0990128258-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Masawchak","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_-_Maggie_L._Walker_Governor%27s_School_for_Government_and_International_Studies_-_20091002181411.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Masawchak</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:Virginia_-_Maggie_L._Walker_Governor%27s_School_for_Government_and_International_Studies_-_20091002181411.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/41683153","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_L._Walker_Governor%27s_School_for_Government_and_International_Studies","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6730264"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/walker-maggie-l-high-school-98001160/"}