Opened by 1921, the Key Road School in the City of Portsmouth, served African American children in grades 1 through 7 for close to half a century. Funding for the school, which moved into a new building at the current location around 1926-27, came from the Black community, Norfolk County, and the Rosenwald Fund.

Recently, The Olympian Sports Club, got word that the building  was reviewed by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources on March 16, 2023, and will received a state historic designation in the form of a marker that will be put up soon.

Learn more about this buildings exciting history on this featured news article HERE