It was built in 1926–1927, and is a one-story, Classical Revival style brick building.

The City of Lexington converted the original building into a community center in the late 1980s.

[3] 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 6–8, with ages ranging from 11 to 15 years old.

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