Callaway School

Callaway High School was a modern schoolhouse for white students located in the Blackwater district of Franklin County. It was built on a concrete foundation in 1921, and it contained at least 9 rooms. Unlike most schools in Franklin County, it was heated with a boiler, had indoor plumbing, and it was wired for electricity by the 1930s. Ardeen Layman Akers, D. A. Justus, Ruth Hunt, Eunance Naff, Jack Renick, Gladys Scott, C. B. Hopkins, Virgie Prillaman, Annie Wray, Ruth Robertson, and Frances Layman all served as teachers at the school.

Callaway High School
Callaway High School Yearbook, 1934-35


Callaway High School
Callaway High School Yearbook, 1934-35


Callaway School
March 4, 1942
Library of Virginia


Callaway School
circa 1930s
Library of Virginia


Callaway School
circa 1930s
Library of Virginia


Callaway School
circa 1930s
Library of Virginia


Callaway School
March 4, 1942
Library of Virginia


Callaway School
March 4, 1942
Library of Virginia


Callaway School
March 4, 1942
Library of Virginia


Auxillary Building at Callaway School
March 4, 1942
Library of Virginia


Auxillary Building at Callaway School
March 4, 1942
Library of Virginia


Students at Callaway, 1933
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum


Baseball Team at Callaway HS, 1935
Callaway High School Yearbook, 1934-35


Boys’ Basketball Team at Callaway HS, 1935
Callaway High School Yearbook, 1934-35


Girls’ Basketball Team at Callaway HS, 1935
Callaway High School Yearbook, 1934-35


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