Castlerun Historic District
Castlerun Historic District is a national historic district located at Castlerun near Castlewood, Russell County, Virginia, United States. The district encompasses three contributing buildings that served the spiritual, educational, and social needs of this isolated far southwest Virginia community. They are the Castlerun School (c. 1895), the Castle Run Missionary Baptist Church (1924), and a frame privy (1926). The one-room school and church are frame, weatherboarded, rectangular buildings with a steep gable roofs. The school closed in 1951.[3]
Castlerun Historic District | |
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| Location | Rte. 682, near Castlewood, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°51′3″N 82°18′52″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1895 |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000024[1] |
| VLR No. | 083-5017 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 28, 2000 |
| Designated VLR | December 1, 1999[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- Anne Stuart Beckett (August 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Castlerun Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map
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