ANTIOCH SCHOOLS
ANTIOCH SCHOOL 1899 - 1900
RED STAR SCHOOL 1907 - 1908
ANTIOCH DISTRICT NO 8 PUBLIC
SCHOOL 1909
Probably the first school in Antioch was in front
of the present day church. Later a school building was buildt in the
lower corner of where the present day school building is. About 1907,
the school was moved to the present site which is used as a community
building now since it was closed in 1961.
Other schools known within this area were scattered
among the more thickly populated spots. Above the Grayson Gap, stands
a log "milkhouse". In the loft of this structure, Florence
Grayson conducted a school for children of this area in the 1800's.
She was paid by the parents for teaching their children. The story
has benn handed down that the students were dismissed from classes
one day when they walked down the Gap to Antioch to watch Civil War
soldiers march by.
Indian Glen School was 1/4 mile from Route 50, and
1/8 mile from the road leading from Rte 50 through Graysons Gap. Not
so far from Indian Glen was the Sunnyside School, on land now a part
of the Sunnyside Church parking lot.
Kildow School was located 2 miles south of Antioch
on the west side of Knobley Pike. There was also a general store here
at one time.
Mikes Run School was on the north side of Mikes Run
1/4 mile east of the road leading from Pattersons Creek Pike to
Knobley Pike
Ash Flat or Nancy Hanks School was located about
one mile east of the Nancy Hanks birthplace.
The Red Star School was located on the east side of
the Old Mike Run road midway between Patterson's Creek Pike at the
George Arnold farm and the Mike's Run School. The large frame
building, opened in 1894, was erected on what was known as the
Vandiver land. Enrollment eventually fell so low that the school was
not in session for a few terms. The shift in population called for a
school at a point on Tucker's Ridge a mile and a fourth farther
south. The Red Star building was razed and reconstructed near Shackey
Chapel in 1923, on a one acre lot deeded by W B Welch. This land
reverted to him in 1938. The school merged with Burlington in 1934.