Salem School
Salem School was a one-room schoolhouse for white students in the Union Hall district of 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. Edna B. Martin was a teacher at the school.
Students at Salem School, c. 1930s
with teacher Edna Brooks
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum
Salem School, c. 1970s
Franklin County Historical Society
Salem School, c. 1980s
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum
Salem School, 2023
photograph by William B. Gibson
Salem School (circled),
schoolhouse map of Franklin County,
Virginia State Planning Board, 1935