Moffett's Creek Schoolhouse
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Front and eastern side
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Location | Mount Hermon Road, near Newport, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°0′8″N 79°18′28″W / 38.00222°N 79.30778°WCoordinates: 38°0′8″N 79°18′28″W / 38.00222°N 79.30778°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1873 |
MPS | Public Schools in Augusta County Virginia 1870-1940 TR |
NRHP reference # | 85000389 |
VLR # | 007-0547 |
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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.