West View Schoolhouse was a historic public school building located at Weyers Cave, Augusta County, Virginia. It has since been demolished. It was a two-room schoolhouse with the first room built about 1875, and the second added by 1890. It was of frame construction with a limestone and brick foundation. The interior was considered the least altered and best preserved of all the surviving one- and two-room schools in Augusta County.[3]

West View Schoolhouse
Site of the schoolhouse
West View Schoolhouse is located in Virginia
West View Schoolhouse
West View Schoolhouse is located in the United States
West View Schoolhouse
LocationVA 774 and 773, Weyers Cave, Virginia
Coordinates38°16′2″N 78°54′42″W / 38.26722°N 78.91167°W / 38.26722; -78.91167
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Builtc. 1875 (1875), c. 1890
MPSPublic Schools in Augusta County Virginia 1870-1940 TR
NRHP reference No.85000397[1]
VLR No.007-0426
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 1985
Designated VLRDecember 11, 1984[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Ann McCleary (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: West View Schoolhouse" (PDF). and Accompanying photo