The Green Hill School was located about one mile east of Singers Glen a short distance north of the intersection of the Green Hill Road (Route 721) and the Mt. Zion Road (Route 752). The building still stands (1997) and is an outbuilding at the Raymond Whetzel residence. The Green Hill school was a one-room frame building on land purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Howver on November 8, 1875. The deed was made to the Linville District trustees, Timothy Funk, H. N. Beery, and R. Harrison. The Green Hill school operated until 1903 when it was consolidated with several other small schools in the Singers Glen area to form the new Singers Glen consolidated school. (see also Salem, Well Hollow, Cave Hill and Fairview). Teachers known to have taught at Green Hill were:

(dates unknown)
Ben Kirkpatrick
Laban McMullen
Ben Funk
Davie Hollar
Fannie Shepp
S. L. Rice
J. P. Howver
E. W. McMullen
A. K. McMullen
E. R. Shank

J. P. Howver, E. W. McMullen, A. K. McMullen and E. R. Shank had been students at Green Hill who came back later to teach at the school. E. R. Shank later became the first principal at the Linville-Edom High School (1912).

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