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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
V~IEREAS,
PRESENTED September 12, 1989
89-180 ADOPTED September 12, 19~9
ENDORSING THE DESIGNATION OF THE DOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL AS A
HISTORIC LANDMARK
at the August 28, 1989 Environmental Advisory Commission meeting, the
Commission unanimously voted to request from the Town Council a resolution supporting the
establishment of Douglass High School, 211 E. Market Street, as a historic landmark, and
WHEREAS, on September 6, 1989, the Planning and Zoning Committee of the Town Council
concurred with this request; and
WHEREAS, to enable the State Historic Preservation Office to process the application for
designation, consent must be provided by the local government, and
WHEREAS, The Douglass High School, the first black high school in Loudoun County, is
historically significant and is eligible for historic status due to its association with black history in
Loudoun County: ~
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
The Town Council endorses the designation of Douglass High School as a historic landmark
due to its association with black history in Loudoun County.
PASSED this 12tl~ay of September
ATTEST:
Clerk of
· 1989.
Robert E. Sevila, l~yor
Town of Leesburg