Fuqua School
Fuqua School is a private primary and secondary school located in Farmville, Virginia. Founded in 1959 as Prince Edward Academy, a whites-only segregation academy, the school was renamed after businessman J.- Type: School
- Description: private school in Farmville, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Prince Edward Academy”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Robert Russa Moton Museum and Willett Hall.
Robert Russa Moton Museum
Museum
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The Robert Russa Moton Museum is a historic site and museum in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It is located in the former Robert Russa Moton High School, considered "the student birthplace of America's Civil Rights Movement" for its initial student strike and ultimate role in the 1954 Brown v. Robert Russa Moton Museum is situated 3,700 feet west of Fuqua School.
Willett Hall
Sports venue
Photo: Puritan Nerd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Willett Hall is an academic facility and previously served as a 1,807-seat multi-purpose arena in Farmville, Virginia. It was built in 1980 and was home to the Longwood University Lancers men's and women's basketball teams until 2023. Willett Hall is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Fuqua School.
First Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
First Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was built between about 1855 an 1895, and is a one-story, rectangular brick Late Gothic Revival style church building on a full basement. First Baptist Church is situated 3,600 feet northwest of Fuqua School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farmville and Kimberly Hills.
Farmville
Farmville is a college town in Virginia. Its economy is largely based on Longwood University and nearby Hampden-Sydney College. It is home to about 7,000 people…
Kimberly Hills
Hamlet
Kimberly Hills is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Kimberly Hills is situated 2½ miles north of Fuqua School.
Kingsville
Hamlet
Kingsville is an unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States. It sits on the intersection of VA 133 and US 15… Kingsville is situated 4½ miles southwest of Fuqua School.
Fuqua School
- Category: education
- Location: Prince Edward, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.29304° or 37° 17′ 35″ northLongitude
-78.38498° or 78° 23′ 6″ westElevation
433 feet (132 metres)Open location code
87937JV8+62OpenStreetMap ID
way 182089667OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Fuqua School” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدرسة فوكوا”
- French: “Fuqua School”
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