Phelps School / Kinsey-Bernard School

Phelps School was a one-room schoolhouse for black students in the Boones Mill area of Franklin County. It was also known as Kinsey-Bernard School. 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. Marie Roberts, Laura Chisholm were teachers at the school.

Phelps School
The Animo (FCHS yearbook, 1986)


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