Adney’s Gap School

Adney’s Gap School was a one-room schoolhouse for white students located in the Blackwater district of Franklin County. The school was built on a stone foundation, and it was heated with a stove. The building did not have electricity, running water, or indoor restrooms. Mary Holt and Lorena Saunders were among the teachers.

Adney’s Gap School (circled),
schoolhouse map of Franklin County,
Virginia State Planning Board, 1935