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Architecturally speaking
Craig Barton, assistant professor of architecture at the University of Virginia and director of the American Urbanism program, presented a slide show with eloquent observations on his research of cultural and historical motivations as is seen in architecture. His first slide of many was a stark black and white photograph of two separate but obviously unequal water fountains—with signs above indicating “For Whites” and the inferior fountain “For Colored.”
In commenting on his professional work in combining historical preservation with adaptive new uses for a building, Barton showed the group plans he has drawn up for a new National Voting Rights Museum and Visitors’Center in Selma— the site of the bloody 1965 confrontation between civil rights marchers and state troopers in Alabama that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
It is Professor Barton’s hope, with the help of the Scrabble School Preservation Foundation, to preserve the old Scrabble School for its historical significance and to adapt it to a new use as a senior citizen center for the county. The Foundation—a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization —is currently raising funds for this important work. All who are interested in contributing to this worthy effort are encouraged to contact the Foundation at 174 Scrabble Road, Scrabble, VA 22716.
Other information and links are also provided at www.scrabbleschool.org or one can contact the Foundation’s president, Bob Lander at kplander@aol.com
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