Sago School

Sago School was a one-room schoolhouse for white students in the Snow Creek area of southeastern Franklin County. It was built on a stone foundation, and it was heated with a stove. The building did not have electricity, running water, or indoor restrooms. Ocie Davis and Lelia Mattox were teachers at the school.

Sago School. c. 1970s
Franklin County Historical Society


The ruins of Sago School, 2023
Photograph by William B. Gibson


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