Maple Branch School
Maple Branch 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. Emma Wright and Blanche Scott were teachers at the school.
Maple Branch School (circled),
schoolhouse map of Franklin County,
Virginia State Planning Board, 1935
Maple Branch School, c. 1930s
Photograph by William B. Gibson