Crafts School

Crafts School was a two-room schoolhouse located in the Union Hall 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. Jessie Angle and Helen Webster both served as teachers at the school.

Students at Crafts School, c. 1930s
Franklin County Historical Society


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


Crafts School, 2023
Photograph by William B. Gibson