Near Laurel Fork in Carroll County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Point Pleasant School
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 17, 2023
1. Point Pleasant School Marker
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1911
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1911.
Location. 36° 43.672′ N, 80° 33.398′ W. Marker is near Laurel Fork, Virginia, in Carroll County. Marker is at the intersection of Laurel Fork Road and Bear Creek Road, on the left when traveling south on Laurel Fork Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1044 Laurel Fork Rd, Laurel Fork VA 24352, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church (approx. 4.1 miles away); Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church Cemetery (approx. 4.1 miles away); Carroll County / Floyd County (approx. 4.6 miles away); Floyd County / Patrick County (approx. 5.8 miles away); Puckett Cabin (approx. 5.9 miles away); Caroll County / Floyd County (approx. 8 miles away); a different marker also named Carroll County / Floyd County (approx. 8 miles away); Meadows of Dan (approx. 8.2 miles away).
Regarding Point Pleasant School. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
Theproperty for the Point Pleasant School was donated by Rueben and Lorain Nester, "to be forever used for community services." The community used the land to build both the Laurel Fork Primitive Baptist Church and the first Point Pleasant School in the mid-19th century, but after some years, both buildings were destroyed by fire. The school was rebuilt by the community in 1911, and the county supplied the teachers. William Canon "Caney" Jackson was the first teacher. Some of the other teachers were Laura E. Gardner (1923), Lelia E. Jackson (1924), and Pattie Pearce (1937). Ruth Nester Hall, who taught at the school in the 1930s, remembered that three basic supplies were given to the teacher by Carroll County Public Schools: a broom, a bucket, and a dipper. Eula Mae Spencer, a great-granddaughter of Rueben and Loraine Nester, recalled, "Boys chopped the [fire] wood and girls brought [drinking] water from the spring." The water table still stands in a comer of the schoolhouse today. Mrs. Betty Jean Hayes, who was a student at the time the school closed its doors in 1949, explained that parents would take turns supplying the firewood.
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Also see . . . Point Pleasant School (PDF). National Register nomination and photographs submitted for the schoolhouse, which was listed in 2007. (National Archives) (Submitted on July 15, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 17, 2023
2. Point Pleasant School Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 15, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 54 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 15, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
