Robert Fulton School (Richmond, Virginia)

The Robert Fulton School is a historic school building at 1000-1012 Carlisle Avenue in the Fulton Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. It is a two-story T-shaped structure, built with a frame of concrete and steel and finished in brick. It was built in 1916 to a design by William Leigh Carneal, a prominent Virginia architect, as part of a school construction program instituted by longtime superintendent J.A.C. Chandler. It served as a school until 1979, at first as a segregated white school, and then as a school for African-Americans as the Fulton Hill area became increasingly black. It was integrated in 1969.[2]

Robert Fulton School
Front entrance of the school, viewed from Carlisle Avenue
Robert Fulton School (Richmond, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Robert Fulton School (Richmond, Virginia)
Robert Fulton School (Richmond, Virginia) is located in the United States
Robert Fulton School (Richmond, Virginia)
Location1000-1012 Carlisle Ave., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates37°31′01″N 77°24′16″W / 37.51694°N 77.40444°W / 37.51694; -77.40444
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1917
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.100001643[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 2017

The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1] It has been converted into residences.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Robert Fulton School" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2017-10-25.