Pictured is the Carver-Price Legacy Museum in Appomattox. Charles Conrad/Times Virginian

The Carver-Price Legacy Museum in Appomattox was announced as one of 11 historic sites added to the Virginia Landmarks Register.

The Commonwealth’s Board of Historic Resources approved the Virginia Landmarks Register (VLR) listings during its quarterly public meeting on Dec. 14 in Richmond. The VLR is the commonwealth’s official list of places of historic, architectural, archaeological, and cultural significance.

At the conclusion of its meeting, the Board approved the following places for listing in the VLR:

In the state’s Western Region:

  • Built ca. 1930 using contributions from the Julius Rosenwald Fund, the Carver-Price School in the Town of Appomattox provided free education for local African American students throughout the segregation era and the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia.
  • The Hart Motor Company in the City of Salem reflects the 20th-century trend of automobiles becoming the main mode of transportation for the public. Comprised of a showroom and a service department station, it exemplifies the type of roadside architecture built to cater to drivers as opposed to pedestrians in a traditional centralized business district.

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