Dry Bridge School

  • Also Known As: East Martinsville Grammer School
  • Also Known As: VDHR ID 120-5034
  • Original Name: Dry Bridge School for Negroes

  • Address: 1005 Jordan St
  • Vicinity: Off Boden St, S of E Church St
  • Neighborhood of Central in Martinsville
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The Dry Bridge School in Martinsville, Virginia, is a brick, four-room educational facility built from 1928 to 1930 to serve East Martinsville's black population in Henry County. The school is eligible under the Rosenwald Schools in Virginia Multiple Property Submission for nomination under Criterion A at the local level of significance with the categories of Education and Ethnic Heritage, Black, for its compelling association with the School Improvement League of East Martinsville Baptist Church, a group dedicated to the advancement of the black community through better education. The school remains standing and fully intact, having served as part of the non-profit MARC Workshop since 1969. Architecturally, Dry Bridge School is an excellent example of the schools built under the Rosenwald Foundation's sponsorship, and according to their published specifications. The period of significance dates from 1927, the year that the School Improvement League began its efforts, to 1948 when annexation brought Dry Bridge School into the Martinsville School District as East Martinsville School. - NRHP, 25 February 2009


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1928/00/00 Rosenwald Fund School Plan Benefactor
1929/00/00 Moore Lumber Co. Architect Built
1929/00/00 Finley, McCoy and Hinskey Architect Built
1930/00/00
1948/00/00

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Particulars for Dry Bridge School:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Cultural Affiliation Black American
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Education
Criteria Historic Event
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Owner Private
Civil rights Racial Segregation
Historic Use School
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 25th February 2009

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Dry Bridge School
Registry Address: 1005 Jordan St.
Registry Number: 09000065
Resource Type: Building
Theme Group: Rosenwald Schools in Virginia MPS
Owner: Private
Architect: Moore Lumber Co.; Finley, McCoy Hinskey
Architectural Style: Classical revival
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Education, Black, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1928, 1930, 1948
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: School
Current Function: Other
Current Sub-Function:

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