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HABS VA-1377 (sheet 1 of 7) - Cismont School, Louisa Road, Keswick, Albemarle County, VA
Title
HABS VA-1377 (sheet 1 of 7) - Cismont School, Louisa Road, Keswick, Albemarle County, VA
Description
School Board of Rivanna, District No. 1; Nelson, Louis, project manager; Price, Virginia Barrett, transmitter; Davis, Amanda B, historian; Hilyard, Gretchen A, historian; MacDonald, Lauren M, historian; Moore, Elizabeth H, historian; Palmer, Cora M, historian; Redfearn, Catherine H, historian; Thai, Anh K, historian
Depicted place Virginia; Albemarle County; Keswick
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS VA-1377 (sheet 1 of 7)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • This documentation was completed for a class at the University of Virginia and subsequently donated to the HABS collection.
  • Significance: Used as an Albemarle County Public School from 1908 to 1961, Cismont School was the first high school in the Village of Cismont. The 4.5 acre tract of land was originally sold by W.W. Johnson to the School Board of Rivanna District No. 1 of the county for $209 on 18 September 1907. As stated in the original deed delivered to Principal A.L. Everett on 14 April 1908, "it is understood and agreed that said tract of land shall be used for the establishment and running of a public school for white children exclusively." Cismont is an example of a rural school in Virginia impacted by segregation. It represents the improvement of educational facilities for the white community with the provision of a library, three main classrooms, an auditorium, an athletic field, stables, and every necessary outbuilding. Going beyond just an educational facility, the Cismont School provided an arena for community involvement through the sponsorship of many events outside of school activities.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N955
  • Survey number: HABS VA-1377
  • Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1920- before. 1930 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: before 1961 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va1936.sheet.00001a
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