The First Union School is a historic

Rosenwald school The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the South during the early 20th century. The project was the product of the partn ...

building for African-American children located at 1522 Old Mill Rd. in

Crozier, Virginia Crozier is an unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, United States. Crozier is located on Virginia State Route 6, about east-southeast of Goochland. Crozier has a post office with ZIP code 23039. The First Union School, a ...

. It was built in 1926, as a

two-teacher school A two-room schoolhouse is a larger version of the one-room schoolhouse, with many of the same characteristics, providing the facility for primary and secondary education in a small community or rural area. While providing the same function as a c ...

. It is a one-story frame school on a concrete foundation. It has an engaged porch and hipped roof. The listing included two

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic dist ...

. The school operated until December 1958, when the county integrated its public schools. It was converted to residential use in 1985. an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 2009.

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Rosenwald schools in Virginia School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia School buildings completed in 1926 Buildings and structures in Goochland County, Virginia Schools in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Goochland County, Virginia 1926 establishments in Virginia Defunct schools in Virginia {{GoochlandCountyVA-NRHP-stub

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