Built as one of the first public schools for white students in Southwest Virginia, this building and its slightly later wing were adapted as apartments by a developer in 1985 after the school closed in 1977. The two-and-a-half-story former school is prominently situated at the head of Academy Street. It features a central entrance tower (originally capped by a mansard roof), tall deck-on-hip roof, arched window and door openings, corbeled brickwork, and recessed brick panels.