English School / Doe Run School

English School was a two-room schoolhouse for white students in the Snow Creek district of Franklin County. It was built in the early 1920s, and it was later renamed Doe Run School. Mayme D. Hodges, Aurie Sutherland, Mabel Angle, Louise Cassell, Miss Houston, and Genna Perdue all served as teachers at the school.

Students at Doe Run School, c. 1930s
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum

English School, c. 1930s
Franklin County Historical Society

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

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

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

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

English / Doe Run School, 2023
The schoolhouse has been converted into a private home.
Photo by William B. Gibson

English / Doe Run School, 2023
Another view of the former school and current home.
Photo by William B. Gibson