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Weston Colored School

Weston Colored School
Weston Colored School, Weston, West Virginia.jpg
Weston Colored School is located in West Virginia
Weston Colored School
Weston Colored School is located in the US
Weston Colored School
Location 345 Center St., Weston, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°2′23″N 80°27′53″W / 39.03972°N 80.46472°W / 39.03972; -80.46472Coordinates: 39°2′23″N 80°27′53″W / 39.03972°N 80.46472°W / 39.03972; -80.46472
Area less than one acre
Architectural style Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP Reference # 93000224
Added to NRHP April 9, 1993

Weston Colored School, also known as the Central West Virginia Genealogical & Historical Library and Museum and Frontier School, is a historic one-room school building located at Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was built in 1882, and is a single-story rubbed red brick building on a fieldstone foundation. It originally measured 22 feet by 28 feet, then enlarged in 1928 by 12 feet, 6 inches. It was used as an educational facility for the community's African-American youth until desegregation in 1954. It was subsequently used for storage, then an agricultural classroom for the Lewis County High School, and as a shop for mentally retarded students. It afterwards was used by the Central West Virginia Genealogical & Historical Library and Museum.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It is located in the Weston Downtown Residential Historic District, listed in 2005.



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