Laurel Industrial School Historic District | |
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| Location | N & S sides of Hungary Rd. W of Old Staples Mill Rd., in Laurel, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°38′35″N 77°30′37″W / 37.64306°N 77.51028°W |
| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| Built | 1892 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Romanesque, Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001149 |
| VLR No. | 043-0292 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 12, 1987 |
| Designated VLR | October 15, 1985[1] |
The Laurel Industrial School Historic District is a 6-acre (2.4 ha) historic district near Laurel, Virginia. The site was the center of the 175-acre (71 ha) Laurel Industrial School,[2] later known as the Virginia Industrial School,[3][4] the first public school in Henrico County.[3] It was established by the Prison Association of Virginia, a Progressive group dedicated to prison reform at the turn of the 20th century. The school started a pattern of correctional reform which affected many institutions across Virginia throughout the 20th century.
It was identified as a Virginia Historic Landmark in 1985[4] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1987, at which time at which time it included five contributing buildings and one noncontributing building.[4][2] The main building was called the Robert Stiles building and was named after a Confederate major of artillery in General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The district was the center of the sprawling complex of Virginia's first reformatory/industrial school.[5]
The district may be affected by the DC2RVA high-speed rail proposal.[6]
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ a b Sara Amy Leach (1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Laurel Industrial School Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ^ a b "History of Laurel". laurelgalleryrva.com. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ a b c "043-0292". DHR. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
- ^ "An Opportunity to Reform: The Laurel Industrial School and the History of Juvenile Corrections in Henrico". Henrico TV. 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ "RECORD OF DECISION ATTACHMENT A: FINAL SECTION 106 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT" (PDF). July 2019. p. 24.