The date of construction of the Ash Shade School is unknown, but the school is listed in the Plains District School Board minutes in 1881 as school #12. The school was located on the old Timberville-New Market Road on the north side of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. The Ash Shade School was directly across the river from Plains Mill. The building was in operation until 1904. The last two teachers at Ash Shade were:

1902-03 E. Lizzie Trussell
1903-04 Mary Rothgeb

After the school was closed the lot and building were sold and the building was moved to another location to be used as a farm building.

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