Schoolhouse Bench

The Edinburg Graded School, known as Cedar Hill Academy, opened in 1876-77 and was used until 1933. It housed grades 1 through 7, with 8th grade added in 1946-47, and its high school levels were designated as 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, and 4th year. Building funds for the school were raised by a lottery. The original concrete steps leading up from Rt. 11 still stand on the east end of town, and on icy winter mornings the climb could be so difficult for younger students that older boys sometimes made a chain of brooms and mops so the younger children could pull themselves up the hill.

Edinburg, Virginia · United States