West Union Graded School, also known as West Union Grammar School or West Union Elementary School, was built here in 1923-24 after trustees purchased 4 acres from Marvin Phinney in 1922 to replace an earlier frame building. The two-story brick school was ready for the opening of the 1924-25 school year with Jerome Douglass as principal and 5 teachers serving about 100-150 students in grades 1-6. Miss Clara Smith taught there for more than 40 years, from the mid-1920s until the school closed in 1969, usually teaching two or more grades a year, and she was also West Union's last principal from 1949 to 1969. The town of West Union purchased the school from the Oconee County School District in 1969 and leased it back to the district for office space from 1971-1981.