Snow Creek School
The first Snow Creek School was a one-room schoolhouse for white students that opened around 1900. It was built on a stone foundation, and it did not have running water or electricity. The next Snow Creek School was built in the 1920s. It was a six-room schoolhouse for white students. It was built on a concrete foundation, and it was heated with kerosene. The building did not have running water or electricity. Gus Law, Leane Cooper, Ellen Edwards, Ruth Beheler, and Catherine Thompson were teachers at the school. Note that there was a nearby school for African-American students that was also known as Snow Creek School.
Snow Creek School, c. 1920s
This school was built around 1900. Note the animal stencils in the windows.
The Animo (FCHS yearbook, 1986)
Snow Creek School, c. 1920s
Franklin County Historical Society
Snow Creek School, c. 1980s
Franklin County Historical Society
Snow Creek School, c. 1980s
Franklin County Historical Society
Snow Creek High School, c. 1930s
The Animo (FCHS yearbook, 1986)
Students at Snow Creek High School
grades 8-9
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum
Snow Creek School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1925
Snow Creek School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1927
Snow Creek School (circled),
schoolhouse map of Franklin County,
Virginia State Planning Board, 1935
Snow Creek School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1944