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By Briar S. Bogin
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
With a unanimous vote at its Nov. 1 meeting, the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors granted the Scrabble School Preservation Foundation one year to come up with a plan to make the school building a viable asset to the county.
The foundation, led by president Bob Lander, is a grass roots organization seeking to preserve the old Scrabble School building and grounds. Its 12-member Board of Directors includes alumni, friends, and others committed to the preservation of the school’s historical significance and the rehabilitation of the structure itself.
The school was built in 1921 to provide improved elementary education to AfricanAmerican children living in Woodville, Sperryville, Slate Mills, Peole Mills and surrounding areas. The building still stands on its original site off Route 522 on Route 626— what is now called Scrabble Road—near Woodville.
Lander says the school’s cultural and historical significance should earn it a place on both the Virginia and National Register of Historic Places.
The school building and a site of about two acres are owned by Rappahannock County.
‘What we have here is a derelict building without a mission and we want to change that,” said Lander.
“Though it is largely intact
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