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Virginia’s first six state parks and a former African American Rosenwald training school were among 31 properties added to the Virginia Landmarks Register this month by the Department of Historic Resources.
The six state parks were developed during the 1930s in a collaboration between the state and the federal government employing workers in the Civilian Conservation Corps to build cabins and develop recreation areas. The parks—-Douthat in Allegheny and Bath counties; Fairy Stone in Patrick County; First Landing (Seashore) in Virginia Beach; Hungry Mother in Smyth County; Staunton River in Halifax, and Westmoreland in Westmoreland County—were all opened on June 15, 1936, creating the Virginia State Park system.
The King William Training School complex provided educational opportunities for African Americans in King William County. The school, which included a home economics building, and a shop, was built in 1922-1923 by a combination of private funds, public support, community labor, and the all-important financial assistance and building plans provided by the Rosenwald Foundation, established in 1917 by Julius Rosenwald.
In addition to the properties above, the following properties or boundary increases also were added to the state register by the two advisory boards of the Department of Historic Resources. The properties are grouped by DHR’s regional district offices:
In the Capital (Richmond) Region
• The Aviator (statue),
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