Monte Vista School
Monte Vista School was a two-room schoolhouse for white students in the Blackwater district of Franklin County. The school was built on a concrete foundation, and it was heated with a stove. It did not have electricity, running water, or indoor restrooms. Gertrude Green, Mayme Hoy, Gladys Stump, Sally Lumsden, and Annie Webster were teachers at the school.
Students at Monte Vista School, 1915
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum
Monte Vista School (circled),
schoolhouse map of Franklin County,
Virginia State Planning Board, 1935
Monte Vista School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1963
Site where Monte Vista School once stood,
photo courtesy of Richard McDearmon