Zeigler’s School

Zeigler’s School was a one-room schoolhouse for white students located in the Penhook area of eastern Franklin County. The school was built on a stone foundation, and it was heated with a stove. The building did not have electricity, running water, or indoor restrooms. Annie Poindexter was a teacher at the school.

Zeigler’s School, c. 1930s
The Animo (FCHS yearbook, 1986)


Zeigler’s School (circled),
schoolhouse map of Franklin County,
Virginia State Planning Board, 1935