Switchback School
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Switchback School
| nrhp_type =
| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1_date = September 19, 2013{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=19 March 2013}}
| designated_other1_number = 008-5042
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| image = Switchback School.jpg
| caption = Western side of the school
| location = 210 Pinehurst Heights Rd., near Hot Springs, Virginia
| coordinates = {{coord|38|00|42|N|79|50|34|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Virginia#USA
| built = {{Start date|1924}}-1925, 1933, c. 1960
| architect = Rosenwald Fund
| builder =
| architecture =
| added = December 24, 2013
| area = {{convert|0.9|acre}}
| mpsub = [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Brunswick/012-5041Rosenwald_textlist.htm Rosenwald Schools in Virginia MPS]
}}
Switchback School, also known as Union Hurst School, is a historic Rosenwald school located near Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia. It was built in 1924–1925, and is a one-story, frame, graded two-teacher type of public school. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a side-gable roof. A major addition at the south end was built in 1933 and a second addition was built about 1960. Also on the property are a contributing privy (c. 1950); a cistern constructed as part of a Civilian Conservation Corps site improvement project (late-1930s); and three stone walls built by the workers from the Works Progress Administration (late-1930s). It is one of approximately 70 Rosenwald schools that survive of the 364 that were built across Virginia for the education of African-American students.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bath/008-5042_SwitchbackSchool_2013_NRHP_final.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Switchback School |author=Gibson Worsham|date=June 2013|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bath/008-5042.SwitchbackSchool.photos.html Accompanying five photos]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
References
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}
Category:African-American history of Virginia
Category:Rosenwald schools in Virginia
Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Category:School buildings completed in 1925
Category:Schools in Bath County, Virginia
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Bath County, Virginia
Category:1925 establishments in Virginia
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