Mount Lebanon

Mount Lebanon School was a one-room schoolhouse for black students located in the Boone 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. Frankie Hale was a teacher at the school.

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


“Ms. Shuman and Schoolchildren”
Archie G. Richardson papers,
Special Collections, Virginia State University


Mount Lebanon School
Archie G. Richardson papers,
Special Collections, Virginia State University


Mount Lebanon School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1951