Ninevah School

Ninevah School was a one-room schoolhouse for white students located in the Gill’s Creek district of Franklin County. The school was built with a concrete foundation, and it was heated with a stove. It did not have electricity, running water, or indoor restrooms. R. O. McGuire and Lucille Simpson were teachers at the school.

students at Ninevah School, 1941
Franklin County Historical Society


Ninevah School, 1939
Franklin County Historical Society


Ninevah School, 1939
Franklin County Historical Society


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


Ninevah School (top right),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1951