Cleveland School

Cleveland School was a two-room schoolhouse for white students that was located in the Snow Creek district of Franklin County. The school was built on a concrete foundation, and it was heated with a stove. The building did not have electricity, running water, or indoor restrooms. Catherine Thompson and Annie Law both served as teachers at the school. By 1937, only one of the classrooms was in use.

Cleveland School, c. 1930s
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum


Cleveland School, c. 1930s
Franklin County Historical Society


Students at Cleveland School, c. 1930s
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum


Cleveland School, c. 1960s
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum


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