Millwood Colored School | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | September 13, 2000[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 021-0192-0008 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | 1610 Millwood Rd., Boyce, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 39.0748°N -78.0419°W |
Added: | November 22, 2000 |
Refnum: | 00001431 |
Millwood Colored School, now known as Millwood Community Center, is a historic school building for African-American children located at Boyce, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built about 1910, and is a one-story, hip-roofed school has a two-room plan with coat closets, and a kitchen. The building measures approximately 60 feet long and 30 feet wide. It features a recessed entry, two entrance doors, overhanging eaves with scalloped exposed rafter ends, double-hung windows with wooden tracery, five-panel doors, and sits on a limestone foundation. It was used as an elementary school until 1952, then sold to the Millwood Good Will Association for use as a community center.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.