Kelley SCHOOL

Est 1905 or 1906

Submitted by Paula Kelley Ward to original Floyd Co., VA webpage

1905 Floyd Co VA School: Kelley? School: Who are these people? I was told this is a picture of the Kelley School; however, the picture was estimated to have been taken approx. 1905 or 1906. The Kelley School House was built in 1924. What school is this? Anybody know? Photo Credit: Paula Kelley Ward ChaChaLady@sbcglobal.net

"The Kelley School was originally built as a two-room schoolhouse in 1924. It is located on the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 149 in Floyd County, Virginia, where the Parkway intersects with Route 678. Over the years, it has undergone numerous transformations from a schoolhouse to a private dwelling to a public store. Fortunately, throughout its years of transformation, many of the early school features were preserved." Source of quote: Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway

My thoughts: if land was deeded from the Kelley family in 1877, there were probably buildings built before the one referenced by the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway and this may be one of them. (Barb Camery Reininger)