Northwest in Virginia Beach, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Princess Anne County Training School
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Union Kempsville High School
Photographed by PaulwC3, May 15, 2014
1. Princess Anne County Training School/Union Kempsville High School Marker
This is the site of Princess Anne County Training School, the first school for African Americans in the county. The Princess Anne County Training Association and surrounding communities raised money to purchase property to build a high school. In 1934 a temporary site was established at Union Baptist Church until a four-room building was completed in 1938. The high school later expanded in size and faculty and was renamed Union Kempsville High in 1961, just before the county became the city of Virginia Beach. In 1969 the high school closed after citywide racial integration made it necessary. The last class graduated in 1969.
Erected 2008 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number K-274.)
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 1934.
Location. 36° 50.54′ N, 76° 9.504′ W. Marker is in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is in Northwest. It is at the intersection of North Witchduck Road (Virginia Route 190) and Cleveland Street, on the right when traveling south on North Witchduck Road. The marker is located in front of the Renaissance
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Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Hampton Roads, specifically in Coastal Virginia, and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kempsville in the 20th Century (approx. 0.9 miles away); Kempsville in the 19th Century (approx. 0.9 miles away); Kempes Landing (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Skirmish Of Kempsville (approx. one mile away); Princess Anne County Courthouse (approx. one mile away); Declaration of Independence Victory Dance (approx. 1.1 miles away); Willis Augustus Hodges (1815~1890) (approx. 1.1 miles away); Kempsville (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Virginia Beach.
Regarding Princess Anne County Training School / Union Kempsville High School. C-SPAN Cities Tour - Virginia Beach: Princess Anne County Training School/Union Kempsville HS
Also see . . .
1. Princess Anne County Training School - Union Kempsville High School. Alumni Association Website:
Princess Anne County Training School was the first and only school for “colored children” in Princess Anne County, Virginia, which is now known as the city
Photographed by PaulwC3, May 15, 2014
2. Princess Anne County Training School/Union Kempsville High School Marker
2. Princess Anne County Training School/Union Kempsville High School Museum. Virginia Beach History Museums website entry (Submitted on February 21, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
via Virginia Beach City Public Schools, unknown
3. Princess Anne County Training School
Credits. This page was last revised on February 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2014, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,984 times since then and 81 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 21, 2014, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. 3. submitted on March 14, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
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