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Central Rappahannock Regional Library

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Lafayette Elementary School
1908, Philip N. Stern; E. G. Heflin and Company, builder. c. 1965, conversion. 1201 Caroline St.
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)

Although Stern moved toward the Colonial Revival in the design, the verticality, somewhat awkward massing, and patterned brickwork of this former school, more typical of the nineteenth century than of the twentieth, indicate a lingering Victorian sensibility.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Richard Guy Wilson et al.
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Timeline

  • 1908

    Built
  • 1965

    Renovated as library

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Citation

Richard Guy Wilson et al., "Central Rappahannock Regional Library", [Fredericksburg, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-FR32.

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