The Dean Mountain School was one of two school properties sold to
the Federal government for the development of the Shenandoah National
Park and Skyline Drive in the early 1930s. (See also Sunnyside
(Stonewall). The Dean Mountain School was located on Dean Mountain a
short distance north of Swift Run Gap east of Elkton. The Dean
Mountain property was deeded to the Stonewall District School Board
on November 19, 1881 by Solomon Dean and wife and the school opened
for the 1881-82 school session. The original building at Dean
Mountain burned in February of 1917 and was rebuilt to open for the
1918-19 school session. The Dean Mountain School, particularly during
the last fifteen years of its existence, had difficulty maintaining a
legal average and was closed for many sessions. The Dean Mountain
School was closed at the end of the 1932-33 school session. A year
later, the Dean Mountain property and the Sunnyside property were
sold to the Federal government along with the lands and property
belonging to the residents of the Dean Mountain area.
Teachers known to have taught at Dean Mountain:
1881-82 Josiah Kline
1882-83 Peter A. Wyant
1884-85 C. Lohr
1885-86 Jennie Fultz
1887-88 Solomon Dean
1888-90 (unknown)
1890-91 Florence E. Leap
1891-92 (unknown)
1892-93 Frank Richards
1893-94 P. A. Wyant
1894-96 (two sessions) Annie C. Wyant
1896-98 (two sessions) F. J. Wyant
1898-99 William O. Templeman
1899-00 F. J Wyant
1900-01 C. H. Schuler
1901-02 S. J. Pence
1902-03 (unknown)
1903-04 Mary A. Deane
1904-05 Grace R. Hensley
1905-06 Marie Moyer
1906-07 Lelia Naylor
1907-12 (unknown)
1912-13 Edna Rodeffer
1914-15 Elinor Wheat
1915-16 Frances Hytte
1916-17 Evelyn Cash (school burned Feb. 1917)
1917-18 school closed
1918-20 (two sessions) O. H. Willard (school reopened in new
building)
1920-21 Lucy Parrott
1921-22 Mrs. Lucy Parrott Dean
1922-23 Zelda Lawson
1923-24 Dewey Haney
1924-25 Ezra Shank
1925-26 school closed
1926-27 school closed
1927-28 school closed
1928-29 Jessie Naylor
1929-30 school closed
1930-31 Mrs. Clarice P. Meadows
1931-32 school closed
1932-33 Elsie A. Martin
1933-34 school closed
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