Consultation with Kentucky Heritage Council staff determined that the Stuart Robinson School is Eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a Historic District under Criteria A and C. Under Criterion A, it is eligible as an excellent representation of the Appalachian settlement school movement in Letcher County, and under Criterion C, as an intact collection of vernacular academic architectural patterns often associated with Appalachian settlement schools. The collection of campus structures includes: dormitories for boys and girls, a teacherage residential structure for faculty, a gymnasium, an administration building (rebuilt in 1932 after a fire destroyed the original structure), a dairy barn and silo, a retaining wall, a craft building, a cemetery, a water tower and pumphouse, a garage, and the following structures constructed after the period of significance of the school, a dining hall and kitchen, a stock shelter, an equipment shelter, a pergola and a picnic shelter. No longer extant are the library, the superintendent’s cottage and the original kitchen/dining hall (replaced in 1996).
The focus of the Stuart Robinson School was on educating high school students. The school’s curriculum offered a selection of courses, including statewide requirements such as English and Mathematics, foreign languages, various sciences, Bible study and elective courses like Agriculture, Music, Home Economics and Typing. The school offered extracurricular activities such as sports, group picnics, hikes, parties, as well as folk music and dancing. In the 1940s, the school was renowned for its folk dancing instruction, which was open to the wider community.