Shiloh School

Shiloh School
Location Jct. of VA 605 and VA 606, near Kilmarnock, Virginia
Coordinates 37°46′5″N 76°19′51″W / 37.76806°N 76.33083°W / 37.76806; -76.33083Coordinates: 37°46′5″N 76°19′51″W / 37.76806°N 76.33083°W / 37.76806; -76.33083
Area less than one acre
Built 1906 (1906)
Built by Kent, Elliot F.
NRHP Reference # 91001976[1]
VLR # 066-0034
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 22, 1992
Designated VLR June 19, 1991[2]

Shiloh School is a historic one-room school building located near Kilmarnock, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was built in 1906, and is a one-story, three bay, simple frame building measuring 20 feet by 34 feet. It sits on a brick foundation and has a standing seam metal gable roof. Jessie Ball duPont (1884-1970) taught at the school in 1906-1907. It was used as a schoolhouse until 1929, and subsequently used for farm storage.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Helen Lee Fletcher (December 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Shiloh School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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