Briar Mountain School

Briar Mountain School was a one-room schoolhouse for white students in the Blue Ridge district of Franklin County. Mayshie Luke and Mary Zeiglar both served as teachers at the school. When visiting insurance agents tried to find the mountain in 1937, they deemed the school inaccessible.


Students and teacher at Briar Mountain School, c. 1930s
Franklin County Historical Society


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


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


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