Redwood School

Redwood School was a three-room schoolhouse for white students in the Union Hall district of Franklin County. The school was built on a concrete foundation, and it was heated with a stove. The building did not have electricity, running water, or indoor restrooms, though it did contain an office. C. E. Waid, Thelma P. Bowman, Rebecca Lumsden, A. D. Ramsey, and Elizabeth Divers were teachers at the school.

Students at Redwood School, c. 1930s
6th and 7th graders
Franklin County Historical Society


Redwood School, 2023
photograph by William B. Gibson


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


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


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