Hancock School

Hancock School was a two-room schoolhouse for white students near the Briar Mountain of Franklin County. The school was built on a concrete foundation, and it was heated with a stove. The building did not have electricity, running water, or indoor restrooms. Mildred Ramsey, Lila Montgomery, Elsie Thornton, Eva Woody, and C. B. Perdue were teachers at the school. By the late 1930s, only one of the two classrooms was still in use.

Hancock School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1925


Hancock School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1927


Hancock School (circled),
schoolhouse map of Franklin County,
Virginia State Planning Board, 1935


Hancock School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1944


Hancock School, 2023
Photograph by William B. Gibson