Lynville School

Lynville School was a one-room schoolhouse located in the Gill’s Creek district of Franklin County. The school was built on a concrete foundation, and it was heated with a stove. The building did not have electricity, running water, or indoor restrooms. E. B. Peters, Eva Nettles, and Annie Altice were teachers at the school.

Students at Lynville School, c. 1900
Franklin County Historical Society


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


Lynville School, 2023
Photograph by William B. Gibson