Moore St School

In 2022, the Commonwealth of Virginia recognized the importance of saving this historic school in Carver with a $75,000 budget allocation. The state budget also created a new BIPOC Fund to help save historic resources important to Virginia’s Black Indigenous People of Color communities. Thank you to all of you for voicing your support for these state legislative items when we asked! We also are providing strategic and technical advice, and have committed financial support, to a grassroots community effort to adaptively reuse the Moore Street School. This effort will require lots of people to roll up their sleeves.

About the Moore Street School

Built in 1887 in the Italianate style, the Moore Street School is the oldest surviving public school purpose-built for Black students in the City of Richmond. The survival of Moore Street School and its high degree of architectural integrity is significant when considering the number of other schools built for Black students in the 19th century that have since been demolished. The Moore Street School not only reflects the larger story of public education in Richmond, but also is socially and culturally important to the Carver neighborhood. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and on the Virginia Landmarks Register. Since the Moore Street School has been vacant and underutilized for over two decades, it is paramount that mitigation efforts be implemented to prevent further decay and physical deterioration.

Learn about the Moore Street School Foundation here.