New Hope High School
Why it's listed
New Hope High School is a brick school building completed in 1925 along Route 608 in the Middle River farming community of New Hope, Augusta County. Built for $22,000 by the Eutsler Brothers of Grottoes, it is organized around a central auditorium and gymnasium under a tall hipped roof, with classrooms wrapped around three sides. The design began as a State standard eight-room plan and was modified to omit one wing at first and add basement laboratories. Stepped facades, diamond-shaped concrete blocks and brick pilasters give it an Art Deco character. It is the best-preserved and least-altered of four similar schools the Eutsler Brothers built in the 1920s. The school also reflects the community's role in vocational education, with an agriculture program from 1923 and the county's first detached agriculture shop, built in 1926. A north wing was added in 1942 and a cannery in 1945. After 1947 the building served as an elementary school, which it remains today.
Significance in brief: It was one of the first modern high school buildings in Augusta County and is the best-preserved of the first group of central-auditorium schools built in the mid 1920s. It shows how the State Division of School Buildings adapted a standard plan to local needs. New Hope was also a leader in vocational education, with a Smith-Hughes agriculture program from 1923 and the county's first detached agriculture shop in 1926.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 85000393, listed February 27, 1985. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | VA 608, New Hope |
|---|---|
| County | Augusta County |
| Listed | February 27, 1985 |
| Reference number | 85000393 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | Eutsler Brothers |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Areas of significance | Community Planning and Development, Education, Politics/Government, Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still in use as an elementary school; condition listed as good and altered. |
| Acreage | 3.5 |
| Coordinates | 38.20116, -78.90368 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 85000393.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q14712953
- This listing as JSON
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