Madison Heights School
USA /
Virginia /
Madison Heights /
Phelps Road, 123
World
/ USA
/ Virginia
/ Madison Heights
World / United States / Virginia
school, place with historical importance, abandoned / shut down, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Georgian (architecture)
Historic school building listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
- Built: 1939
- Architect: W. Irving Dixon (VA State Dept. of Education)
- Alterations: north and southeast additions (1966)
- Architectural style: Georgian Revival; International Style (1966 additions)
- Areas of significance: Education; Architecture
- Area: 3 acres
- Also known as: Phelps Road School; Madison Heights High School
- Date added to NRHP: 4/2/2019
The Madison Heights School Building consists of the 1939 elementary school, as well as two 1966 additions, one of which was built on the site of a former high school. 1930s additions to the former high school still stand, at the northeast corner of the structure. Long abandoned, the property sold at auction in the late 1990s for less than $30,000. No work has since been done to the school and a fire has claimed a portion of it.
NRHP #100003601
- Built: 1939
- Architect: W. Irving Dixon (VA State Dept. of Education)
- Alterations: north and southeast additions (1966)
- Architectural style: Georgian Revival; International Style (1966 additions)
- Areas of significance: Education; Architecture
- Area: 3 acres
- Also known as: Phelps Road School; Madison Heights High School
- Date added to NRHP: 4/2/2019
The Madison Heights School Building consists of the 1939 elementary school, as well as two 1966 additions, one of which was built on the site of a former high school. 1930s additions to the former high school still stand, at the northeast corner of the structure. Long abandoned, the property sold at auction in the late 1990s for less than $30,000. No work has since been done to the school and a fire has claimed a portion of it.
NRHP #100003601
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°25'52"N 79°7'19"W
- Galt's Mill Complex 9 km
- Sweet Briar College 15 km
- Flat Creek Rural Historic District 24 km
- Cifax Rural Historic District 27 km
- Appomattox Court House National Historical Park 27 km
- Buchanan, Virginia 53 km
- Berry Hill Resort and Conference Center 82 km
- Cahas Mountain Rural Historic District 85 km
- Bowman Farm 88 km
- Fairy Stone State Park 112 km
- Liberty University 10 km
- Lake Vista / Forest Lakes 13 km
- Lynchburg Regional Airport/ Preston Glenn Field 14 km
- Rustburg, Virginia 17 km
- Amherst County, Virginia 19 km
- Wildwood Subdivision 20 km
- Campbell County, Virginia 23 km
- Flat Creek Rural Historic District 25 km
- Cifax Rural Historic District 25 km
- Bedford County, Virginia 38 km