Glade School
Glade School was a one-room schoolhouse for white students located 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. Eula Mae Edwards was a teacher at the school.
Glade School (circled)
topographical map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1925
Glade School (circled),
schoolhouse map of Franklin County,
Virginia State Planning Board, 1935
Glade School, c. 1980
Photograph by Lloyd Cooper, who attended Glade School in the 1930s. Courtesy of his daughter, Sheri Cooper Minnix.
Glade School, 2023
Photograph by William B. Gibson