Naff School

Naff School was a two-room schoolhouse for white students located in the Blackwater 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. Clemmie Brown, Alvarez McGuffin, and Ella Flora were teachers at the school. By 1937, only one of the two classrooms was being used.

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


Naff School in 2023
photograph by William B. Gibson