Pleasant Hill – The Vanishing Schools of Franklin County, VA

Pleasant Hill School

Pleasant Hill School was a one-room schoolhouse for white students that was located just south of Rocky Mount. 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. C. E. Waid was a teacher at the school.

Students at Pleasant Hill School, 1935
Dorothy Cundiff Collection
Blue Ridge Institute & Museum, Ferrum College

Pleasant Hill School, 2023
Photograph by William B. Gibson

Pleasant Hill School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1925

Pleasant Hill School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1927

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

Pleasant Hill School (circle),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1944