Lobelia – The Vanishing Schools of Franklin County, VA

Lobelia School

Lobelia School was a one-room schoolhouse for white students near Chestnut Mountain in southeastern Franklin County. It was constructed around 1900.

Lobelia School, c. 1940s
Franklin County Historical Society

Lobelia School, c. 1960s
Franklin County Historical Society

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

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

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