Round Hill Colored

ROUND HILL COLORED SCHOOL

Edited 8/23/2023


Round Hill 1940 Photograph

Photo Thos E. Sims, Jr. Source: Insurance Analysis and Permanent Record – Property of Loudoun County School Board: Garrett Insurance Company (Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company), Leesburg, Virginia. October, 1940. (Blue Insurance Binder, #11 EWS Archives. Held at Douglass HS Building, Leesburg. Co., Va.)

Opening and Closing

1889  for $350 to 1944

Physical and Map Location

On Woodgrove Road about 1/2 mile north of Round Hill.  Burned down Oct 31, 1943.  Pupils moved to Purcellville.  A precise spot to be determined.   See map in the Vertical Files.

Petitions

Transportation Walking was a common method of school transportation even before the creation of Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS).  It’s believed that students who lived within 3 miles of a school could walk from their home to school.  The figure at https://edwinwashingtonproject.org/admin/item/31257 shows the location of the school with a circle representing the area from which students could have walked, back and forth from their home to the school.  Travel by horse was also used and could have extended the travel distance.

History

In 1938/39, the number designation for Round Hill Colored was #19. Source 1.7 1939 Socio Econ Study.

Though a one room school house did on occassion have two teachers at the same time.

  • Constructed in 1889,  as a 1 room school house  at a cost of $350. Frame construction. Source: Report of Survey Committee on Long Range Planning for Loudoun County, Jan, 1940.  Source: EWP Archives 11. Yr. 1940 Insurance Photos.  See also EWP Archives  2.2 County School Board, 1918-1952.  Lies on Route 719 about a 1/2 Mile north of Round Hill.
  •  Closed on December 31, 1899, due to want of patronage, by order of Superintendent Shumate after a visit to the school.  Source:
  • Burned down Oct 31, 1943.  Students moved to Purcellville.  See Blue Ridge Herald, November 4, 1943, pg 5.
  • Property sold January 25, 1944.  It was resolved at the School Board meeting of February 17, 1944 to accept the bid of Henry Schneider for $75 for the lot.  EWP Archives: 9.2.3 Round Hill Colored School Sale. 
  • 1944:  The school property offered for sale in an advertisement in the Blue Ridge Herald on January 25, 1944, with sealed bids to be received by February 17, 1944.    The deed showed that the lot contained 82,9 square rods and lay on route 719 about 1/2 mile north of Round Hill.  At a meeting of the Board in Leesburg on February 17th, a bid of $75 was offered by Henry Schneider.  It was the only bid received and was accepted, pending approval by “the Judge of the Circuit Court.”  Sources were undated memoranda by Oscar Emerick, Superintendent for schools in Loudoun and the Board Secretary.  The memoranda are available for review in the archives.

Instructors

  • 1891/92:  Hattie L. Suma Source: Register
  • 1892/93:  Anderson H. Davis, Register.
  • 1893/94: Anderson H. Davis of Round Hill was the “colored” instructor. Grade of Certificate 3rd. Source: Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975 (1893 1894 Colored Reel 4418 Census of Colored Teachers 1893/94 – March 30, 1894), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education.
  • 1894/95: Mr. Davis continued at Round Hill. Source: Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975 (1895 Colored A Census of Colored Teachers 1894/95 – Done Dec 10, 1894), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education.
  • 1895/96:  Mr. Davis continued, according to register..  
  • 1895/96: Miss Florence L. Baker was A “colored” instructor, teaching on a 3rd grade permit. She was also from Round Hill. In addition, Anderson H. Davis of Round Hill also instructed on a 2nd grade permit. Source: Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975 (1895 Colored A Census of Colored Teachers 1894/95 – Done Dec 10, 1894), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education.
  • 1896/97: Miss Florence L. Baker continued to teach on a 3rd Grade permit, as did Anderson H. Davis on a 2nd grade permit. Source: Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975 (1897 Colored Combined Census of Colored Teachers 1896-97 – Done Dec 15, 1896), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education.
  • 1896/97:   Mr. Davis continued, according to register.
  • 1897/99:  P.J. Goings.
  • 1917/18:    Anna Jones of Paeonian Springs. 4 years experience.
  • 1930/31: The School Board appointed Clarence Coles as the colored teacher in July. Coles was paid $60 a month and received his education at the Manassas Industrial Institute founded by Jennie Dean, the same evangelist and educational sponsor who started the Conklin Colored School. At the time of his appointment, Coles had 5 years of teaching experience, 4 of which was in Loudoun. Sources: (a) Loudoun Times Mirror Staff. (1930, July 10). School Board Holds Its Regular Session. Loudoun Times Mirror, p. 1.  (b) Virginia Department of Public Instruction. (1892-1975). Virginia Dept. of Education, Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975. Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education. Link at 1930-1931 Sheet.
  • 1942/43: Hannah B. Daniel was instructor. Source: Loudoun Times Mirror, Times Staff, School Board (from page 1), pg 2 showed colored teachers. April 16, 1942.

Insurance and Physical Description

1 room frame school house  built at a cost of $350.   

1891/92 register described school simply as longer than wide.  Also owned by school district.

Upper Branch: High School Classes

1892/93 register showed that Physiology was instructed an Upper Branch course for one student.

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