Hurd’s Branch School
Hurd’s Branch School was a one-room schoolhouse for white students located in the Blue Ridge 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. Ruth Simms was a teacher at the school.
Hurd’s Branch School (circled),
schoolhouse map of Franklin County,
Virginia State Planning Board, 1935