Sontag School
Sontag School was a five-room schoolhouse for white students located in the Snow Creek district of Franklin County. It was built in the 1920s. The school was built on a concrete foundation, and it was heated with a stove. The building did not have running water or indoor restrooms, but it did have electricity. It also had an office. Alice Slayton, Curtis Ramsey, Octavia King, Alice Woody, Myrtle Woody, and Mabel Woody were teachers at the school.
Sontag School, c. 1930s
Library of Virginia
Sontag School, c. 1930s
Library of Virginia
Sontag School, c. 1930s
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum
Students and teacher Alice Slayton, c. 1930s
Sontag School
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum
Boys’ basketball team, c. 1930s
Sontag High School
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum
Boys’ basketball team, 1938
Sontag High School
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum
Sontag School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1925
Sontag School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1927
Sontag School (circled),
schoolhouse map of Franklin County,
Virginia State Planning Board, 1935
Sontag School (circled),
topographic map of Franklin County,
United States Geological Survey, 1944