Near Orange in Orange County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Shady Grove School
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 9, 2021
1. Shady Grove School Marker
Inscription.
Shady Grove School. . The Orange County School Board acquired five acres here in 1894 and established Shady Grove School for African American students. With contributions from African American patrons, the county erected a new two-room frame building here ca. 1923. Although the school received no money from the Julius Rosenwald Fund, its design reflected the architectural influence of that program, which helped construct thousands of schools for African Americans across the rural South. Shady Grove, which served grades 1-7, closed in 1954, when the brick Lightfoot Elementary opened six miles northeast. The frame building was restored in 2007. The Orange County schools were desegregated in 1967-68.
The Orange County School Board acquired five acres here in 1894 and established Shady Grove School for African American students. With contributions from African American patrons, the county erected a new two-room frame building here ca. 1923. Although the school received no money from the Julius Rosenwald Fund, its design reflected the architectural influence of that program, which helped construct thousands of schools for African Americans across the rural South. Shady Grove, which served grades 1-7, closed in 1954, when the brick Lightfoot Elementary opened six miles northeast. The frame building was restored in 2007. The Orange County schools were desegregated in 1967-68.
Erected 2015 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number JJ-32.)
Location. 38° 10.169′ N, 78° 0.714′ W. Marker is near Orange, Virginia, in Orange County. Marker is on Piney Woods Road (Virginia Route 677) 0.2 miles north of Monrovia Road (Route 612), on the right when traveling north
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Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 9, 2021
2. Shady Grove School Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 11, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 11, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 204 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 11, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
