Near Victoria in Lunenburg County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Lunenburg High School

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 24, 2021

1. Lunenburg High School Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

African American patrons, lacking facilities for secondary education, established Lunenburg Training School here about 1920. The school benefited from the support of the Jeanes Fund, which sponsored African American supervisors of education in rural southern communities. In 1924-25, the Julius Rosenwald Fund contributed $900 for a larger school building. Rosenwald's program, which helped build schools for African Americans across the South, later donated $00 for a shop. The county constructed a brick building here in 1949, and the school was renamed Lunenburg High School in 1951. When county schools were desegregated in 1969, the building became Lunenburg Junior High School.

Erected 2015 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number SN-70.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. In addition, it is included in the Rosenwald Schools, and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1920.

Location. 36° 58.616′ N, 78°

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12.526′ W. Marker is near Victoria, Virginia, in Lunenburg County. Marker is on K-V Road (Route 40) just east of School Road (Virginia Route 707), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 817 K-V Rd, Victoria VA 23974, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Nathaniel Lee Hawthorne (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Peoples Community Center (approx. 1.1 miles away); Places of the Past (approx. 1½ miles away); Businesses & Merchants (approx. 1½ miles away); People of Victoria (approx. 1½ miles away); Railroad History (approx. 1½ miles away); Town of Victoria (approx. 1½ miles away); The Glebe of Cumberland Parish (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Victoria.

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 24, 2021

2. Lunenburg High School Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 26, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 26, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 244 times since then and 132 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 26, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.