Verona School
Why it's listed
Verona School is a three-room schoolhouse built in 1911 along Route 11 in Augusta County. Its plan follows a common early 20th-century pattern: a central entrance and hallway with a room on each side, like an I-house, and a third room in a rear ell. Surviving features include the transom-lighted entrance, central cross gable, wooden porch and large 6/6 sash windows with molded trim and bull's-eye corner blocks. The county school board bought the two-acre tract in July 1911, and the building cost $1,889, paid mostly from state funds. In the 1920s it taught grades one through five, and older pupils were bused to Mt. Sidney High School. The school closed by the late 1940s and was sold in 1950. Around 1956-57 it was moved back from the road and became the office and manager's residence for a motel, with long motel buildings added on each side. It is the only surviving three-room school identified in the county.
Significance in brief: It is the only surviving three-room school identified in Augusta County. It represents the early 20th-century three-room plan that became popular with school consolidation, mostly built between 1900 and 1920. Its domestic-looking design echoes local I-house tradition.
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 85000395, listed February 27, 1985. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | VA 11, Verona |
|---|---|
| County | Augusta County |
| Listed | February 27, 1985 |
| Reference number | 85000395 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Vernacular |
| Areas of significance | Community Planning and Development, Education, Politics/Government, Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition listed as good and altered; in use as a motel office and manager's residence. |
| Acreage | 0.5 |
| Coordinates | 38.20386, -79.00718 (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 85000395.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q14713442
- This listing as JSON
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