Now Ellis Acres Memorial Park, the property's centerpiece is a community center that was built in 1932 as the automotive shop building of the local Rosenwald School.

[2] The building was one of 11 such facilities built with Rosenwald funds in Virginia, and one of about 160 nationwide.

It is a modest single-story wood-frame structure with a concrete block foundation and weatherboard siding.

Its interior has retained many original features despite standing vacant and the undergoing rehabilitation for use as a community center.

This article about a property in Buckingham County, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.