Robert Fulton School (Richmond, Virginia)

The Robert Fulton School is a historic school building at 1000-1012 Carlisle Avenue in the Fulton Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. It is a two-story T-shaped structure, built with a frame of concrete and steel and finished in brick. It was built in 1916 to a design by William Leigh Carneal, a prominent Virginia architect, as part of a school construction program instituted by longtime superintendent J.A.C. Chandler. It served as a school until 1979, at first as a segregated white school, and then as a school for African-Americans as the Fulton Hill area became increasingly black. It was integrated in 1969.[2]

Robert Fulton School
Front entrance of the school, viewed from Carlisle Avenue
Location1000-1012 Carlisle Ave., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates37°31′01″N 77°24′16″W
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1917
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.100001643[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 2017

The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1] It has been converted into residences.

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