Border School

Border School was a two-room schoolhouse for white students in the Snow Creek 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. H. Y. Tench and S. J. Lovelle both served as teachers. The school was no longer being used by the late 1930s.

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


Border School, 2023
Photograph by William B. Gibson


Border School, 2023
Photo by William B. Gibson