Laurel Industrial School Historic District
The Laurel Industrial School Historic District is a 6-acre (2.4 ha) historic district near Laurel, Virginia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, at which time it included five contributing buildings.[1][3]
Laurel Industrial School Historic District | |
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| Location | N & S sides of Hungary Rd. W of Old Staples Mill Rd., in Laurel, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°38′35″N 77°30′37″W |
| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| Built | 1892 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Romanesque, Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001149[1] |
| VLR No. | 043-0292 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 12, 1987 |
| Designated VLR | October 15, 1985[2] |
The district may be affected by the DC2RVA high-speed rail proposal.[4]
History
In 1890, the Laurel Industrial School was established to "offer wayward boys an alternative to imprisonment".[5] It was Henrico County's first public school, and it later became the Virginia Industrial School. Its complex consisted of two dormitory buildings, one of which is still standing; an administrative building; and multiple farm buildings. The community remained active when the reformatory was moved during the period of 1920–1922 to its present location as the Beaumont Learning Center in Powhatan County. The Laurel Industrial School Historic District is listed on the Virginia Historical Landmarks Register and was added in 1987 to the National Register of Historic Places.
Architecture
The Main building, or Robert Stiles building, was built in the Romanesque-Revival-Victorian style.[6]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- Sara Amy Leach (1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Laurel Industrial School Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved May 8, 2010. and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated and Accompanying map
- "RECORD OF DECISION ATTACHMENT A: FINAL SECTION 106 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT" (PDF). July 2019. p. 24.
- "History of Laurel". laurelgalleryrva.com. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- "An Opportunity to Reform: The Laurel Industrial School and the History of Juvenile Corrections in Henrico". Henrico TV. 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
