Near Staunton in Augusta County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Augusta County Training School

Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 23, 2012

1. Augusta County Training School Marker

Inscription. A rural African-American school stood here by 1874. In 1927 a two-room elementary school serving Cedar Green and Smokey Row communities was built. The Augusta County Training School (Cedar Green School), the county’s first black consolidated school, opened here in 1938. Community members assisted to construct this frame structure, featuring a central auditorium, a common design provided by the Virginia Department of Education. Between 250 and 320 students, grades one through nine, attended class here from across the county. Augusta County school integration in 1966 closed the school and the American Legion purchased the building.

Erected 2006 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number W-231.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1874.

Location. 38° 8.81′ N, 79° 7.88′ W. Marker is near Staunton, Virginia, in Augusta County. It is on Cedar Green Road 0.2 miles Parkersburg Turnpike (Virginia Route

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254), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 357 Cedar Green Rd, Staunton VA 24401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Queen Miller Home (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Long Road to Freedom (approx. 2.1 miles away); A Mansion in the New Republic: (approx. 2.1 miles away); Farming and Freedom at Montgomery Hall (approx. 2.1 miles away); Montgomery Hall (approx. 2.1 miles away); Held in Bondage (approx. 2.1 miles away); Shining Light on Their Humanity (approx. 2.1 miles away); An African American Haven Becomes Reality (approx.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 23, 2012

2. Augusta County Training School Marker

2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Staunton.

Augusta County Training School Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 23, 2012

3. Augusta County Training School Building

Other Augusta County Training School Buildings image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 23, 2012

4. Other Augusta County Training School Buildings

Credits. This page was last revised on April 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2012, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,368 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 23, 2012, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.