217-219 W Beverley St

From the National Register nomination

(Stonewall Jackson Primary School): stucco (over original brick); 2% stories; complex gable roof with four gabled roof dormers; 4 bays; no porch, but has hoods with consoles over entrances in both end bays. Tudor Revival. Original building dates from Ca. 1885, remodeled in 1913. Two entrances, one in each end bay, with 6-light double doors topped by transoms and flanked by 4/4 side windows. Entrance bays have quadruple windows with 4/4 lights and transoms on 2nd story. Gable ends in attic stories of entrance bays are half-timbered with small paired window openings with 6/6 lights. main central bays have quadruple windows with 8/8 lights on both lst’ and 2nd stories and gabled dormers with 8/8 lights in attic story. Original label molding remains on side walls and interior retains original tongue and groove wainscoting, floors, and staircases. Remodeled in 1913 by local architect T. J. Collins. This building was ’Staunton's first permanent public school building for white children. In 1912, President-elect Woodrow Wilson spoke from the front steps of this building when he addressed the homeeoming crowd,