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Mason-Dorton School is a frame, two-room school that served the Mason’s Store area of Russell County from 1885 until 1958. The school retains its original form and features a set of folding panels that divided the interior into two rooms. The panels were folded back for school presentations, plays, and musical performances, including some by the Carter family of nearby Scott County. The building has never been moved, and after abandonment in 1958 was not structurally changed to serve another purpose. Standing on land in Dorton family possession for more than 200 years, the Mason-Dorton School provides a memorial to the family and to the surrounding rural community.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
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DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
