Ferguson – The Vanishing Schools of Franklin County, VA

Ferguson / Six Mile Post School

Ferguson School, also known as Six Mile Post School, was a one-room schoolhouse for white students in the Blackwater district of Franklin County. The school was built with a stone foundation, and it was heated with a stove. It did not have electricity, running water, or indoor restrooms. Myrtle Bowman and Lucille Ikenberry were teachers at the school.

Six Mile Post School, c. 1930s
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum

Students at Ferguson School, 1936
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum

Ferguson School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1925

Ferguson School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1927.

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

Ferguson School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1944.