Endicott School
Endicott School was a four-room schoolhouse for white students in the Blue Ridge district of Franklin County. The school opened in 1937. It was built on a concrete foundation, and it was heated with a stove. The building did not have electricity, running water, or indoor restrooms. Ruth Simms, Louise Jones, Reva Whitlock, Geneva Johnson, and Mae Meadows were teachers at the school.
Endicott School, c. late 1930s
Library of Virginia
Endicott School, 1937
Reprinted in FCHS yearbook, Animo 1986
Endicott School (circled),
schoolhouse map of Franklin County,
Virginia State Planning Board, 1935
Endicott School, 2023
Photo by William B. Gibson