Arthur’s Knob School
Arthur’s Knob School was a one-room schoolhouse for white students located in the Blackwater district of Franklin County. The original schoolhouse was a one-room log cabin. When that school burned down, it was replaced with a one-room schoolhouse made from cinderblocks. When insurance agents tried to visit Arthur’s Knob in 1937, they were unable to inspect the school because it was deemed “inaccessible.” Billy Hodges, John R. Webster, Hershel Fike, and Wilson Slaten were among the teachers.
Students at Arthur’s Knob School, c. 1930s
Students at Arthur’s Knob School, c. 1950
Students at Arthur’s Knob School, c. 1950
Students at Arthur’s Knob School, c. 1950
Students at Arthur’s Knob School, c. 1950
Arthur’s Knob School (circled),
schoolhouse map of Franklin County,
Virginia State Planning Board, 1935
Arthurs Knob School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1950