Boyce Colored School

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The 2003 Boyce Historic District nomination says the Boyce Colored School was constructed in 1885, reflecting the growing African-American population in the immediate area, and records it at 35 South Greenway Avenue as Virginia Department of Historic Resources number 172-0001-0033, a one-story gable-end frame building then vacant.

What the source supports

That the county had a Black school at Boyce from 1885, in a building that still stood, vacant, when the district was nominated.

Uncertainty

The nomination gives the year without citing the record behind it. 'Currently vacant' is the building's state in 2003 and is not checked against its state now. Nothing is recorded here about when the school closed, who taught in it or how long it ran; the nomination does not say.

Source

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. The nomination's paragraph on the school and its inventory entry for 172-0001-0033.

Boyce Historic District, National Register of Historic Places registration form (DHR 172-0001)

Virginia Department of Historic Resources · 2003 (publication)

Locator: Section 8, statement of significance

Relevant passage

As a testament to the growing African-American population in the immediate area, the Boyce Colored School was constructed in 1885. Located at 35 S. Greenway Avenue (172-0001-0033), this one-story, gable-end frame building is currently vacant yet still retains much of its architectural

Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

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Source family: dhr-nominations. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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