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Moffett's Creek Schoolhouse

Moffett's Creek Schoolhouse
Moffett's Creek Schoolhouse.jpg
Front and eastern side
Moffett's Creek Schoolhouse is located in Virginia
Moffett's Creek Schoolhouse
Moffett's Creek Schoolhouse is located in the US
Moffett's Creek Schoolhouse
Location Mount Hermon Road, near Newport, Virginia
Coordinates 38°0′8″N 79°18′28″W / 38.00222°N 79.30778°W / 38.00222; -79.30778Coordinates: 38°0′8″N 79°18′28″W / 38.00222°N 79.30778°W / 38.00222; -79.30778
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1873 (1873)
MPS Public Schools in Augusta County Virginia 1870-1940 TR
NRHP reference # 85000389
VLR # 007-0547
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 27, 1985
Designated VLR December 11, 1984

Moffett's Creek Schoolhouse is a historic public school building located near Newport, Augusta County, Virginia. It was built in 1873, as a two-room, frame schoolhouse. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and has a gable roof. An addition was built in the 1880s, creating an "L"-shaped plan. The school closed in 1923, and the property was sold to the Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church.

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


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