Lylburn Downing School is a historic school building for African-American children located at Lexington, Virginia. It was built in 1926âÂÂ1927, and is a one-story, Classical Revival style brick building. It has a columned entry porch and pilasters. A rear addition was constructed in 1939âÂÂ1940, and a covered walkway in 1948âÂÂ1949. The City of Lexington converted the original building into a community center in the late 1980s.
Lylburn Downing Middle School currently serves as a small, city school located in Lexington, Virginia in the southwest Virginia Appalachian Mountains. The school serves 189 students in grades 6âÂÂ8, with ages ranging from 11 to 15 years old. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.