With school starting up it’s fascinating to realize there used to be 63 schools in Anderson County (1917). Whew! Back in those days schools didn’t have a name they had a number.  You went to school 45 or school 35. Of course, many of these schools were 1-2 or 3 room schools, but by the 1960’s it became obvious this wasn’t the best education environment for the kids and many of these were combined into the major schools we have today.

With all the talk about funding the schools today, did you know that one school in Anderson County didn’t cost the county a dime? A philanthopist in Knoxville decreed in his will that several schools in the surrounding counties would be built using money from his estate. 4 counties in the area all had brand new school buildings built all named after this philanthopist. The building in Anderson County has been razed and was last used in 1965.

Do you know the name of this brick school that was in the northern part of the county? Anyone around that graduated from this school?