vrc_pec_53 53 pec vrc yes First Rock Elementary School, Prince Edward County, Va. temporary building, 1962-1963 Peeples, Edward H. (Edward Harden), 1935- First Rock Elementary School (Prince Edward County, Va.) Schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works African American schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works Elementary schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works African American elementary schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works Public schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works School buildings--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works Discrimination in education--Virginia--Prince Edward County Segregation in education--Virginia--Prince Edward County Buildings, Temporary--Virginia--Prince Edward County First Rock Elementary School elementary schools African Americans First Rock Elementary School for African Americans on U.S. route 460 in Prince Edward County, Va. "Temporary" building in foreground. Frame, covered with roofing paper. Privy and another building can be seen in the background. Main building is to the right. The main building was used for grades 1, 4-5, had a pupil capacity of 120 and was built in 1939. "Temporary" tar paper classroom building was used for grades 2-3. This was a frame building covered with roofing paper built in 1949 and had a pupil capacity of 40. The building had no windows. The structures that made up First Rock had no steam or hot water heat and no indoor plumbing. 37.304873,-78.5227755 Local identifier: pec004a.tif Richmond, Va. : VCU Libraries VCU Libraries. JBC Special Collections Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools Project (VCU Libraries) Black-and-white photographs http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/pec,53 Black and white negative 6 x 9 cm. image/tiff Scanned with Epson Expression 10000 XL, using Photoshop CS4, at 8-bit grayscale, 1200 ppi. Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools 1962/1963 Prince Edward County (Va.) http://www.library.vcu.edu/copyright.html 20111003 132918