Sunset Hill School
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Markerman62
N 38° 59.605 W 078° 21.940
17S E 728149 N 4319347
Located on Sunset Street in Strasburg
Waymark Code: WM16QFG
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2022
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The Queen Street School, one of the first schools in Shenandoah County for African Americans, had opened in Strasburg by 1875. After a fire in 1929, a new school known as Sunset Hill was built here ca. 1930 to serve grades 1-7. Because the county had no high school for African American students, graduates had to go elsewhere to attend higher grades. African Americans petitioned for better facilities, and the school board considered building a new segregated elementary school as late as 1962, eight years after the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that public school segregation was unconstitutional. Sunset Hill closed in 1964 when Shenandoah County schools were fully desegregated.
Department of Historic Resources 2020
Marker Number: AB-4
Marker Title: Sunset Hill School
Marker Location: Located on Sunset Street between Beacon Street and Capon Street, Strasburg
County or Independent City: Shenandoah County
Web Site: Not listed
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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