Armstrong High School

Armstrong High School, part of the Richmond Public Schools, is a high school located in Richmond, Virginia, United States, with grades 9–12. The school was founded in 1867 as the Richmond Normal and High School by the Freedmen's Bureau and was eventually incorporated into the Richmond school system in 1876.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Woodland Cemetery and Robinson Theater.

Woodland Cemetery

Cemetery

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Woodland Cemetery is a historically African American cemetery in Northeast Richmond, Virginia located directly east of the Highland Park neighborhood. Opening in 1916, it was built as a resting place for the Black elite of Richmond. Woodland Cemetery is situated 1 mile northwest of Armstrong High School.

Robinson Theater

Theater building

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Robinson Theater is a theater building, which is situated 1¼ miles south of Armstrong High School.

Fairmount School

School building

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Fairmount School, which became known as Helen Dickinson School from 1925 until 1958 and is now the Fairmount House, is a historic school building located in Richmond, Virginia. Fairmount School is situated 1 mile southwest of Armstrong High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Creighton Court and Fairmount.

Creighton Court

Neighborhood

Creighton Court is a neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia's East End region. Creighton Court sits on the border between the City of Richmond and eastern Henrico County.

Fairmount

Neighborhood

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Originally a trolley car suburb in the years just before the dawn of the 20th century, the Fairmount neighborhood in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia, is located just north of Union Hill.