The school was named for Ralph Bunche, an African-American educator, diplomat and Nobel Prize winner.

Ralphe Bunche High School alumni formed a preservation committee in 1998 after plans to demolish the building were discussed.

In August of that year, the King George County School Board approved a resolution to preserve the building allowing it to be registered as a historical site.

[3] In 2016, efforts were underway to turn the old school building into the Ralph Bunche Museum and Cultural Centre.

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