Red Hill School

Red Hill School served the Red Hill community of Fentress County, between Forbus and Moodyville along the Wolf River.
Red Hill was in operation at least as early as 1916.Hogue, Albert Ross. History of Fentress County, Tennessee. Fentress County: Williams Printing Company, 1916. Book. The men of the Works Progress Administration constructed a one-room schoolhouse in 1935. This building (and perhaps the previous one) was shared with Red Hill Methodist Church until that congregation built its own structure in 1940. At some point, likely before 1958, nearby Dry Creek School was consolidated into Red Hill.Fentress County Historical Society. History of Fentress County, Tennessee. Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1987.
In January 1965, the Nashville Tennessean newspaper profiled the school, described as "one of the littlest in Tennessee". At that time, it taught 25 students in eight grades."Nashville Then: January 1965". tennessean.com. 12 January 2015. Web. Accessed 27 January 2015.
It is not known when Red Hill was finally closed, but when it did, it was consolidated into Forbus School, which would soon be itself consolidated into the school at Pall Mall.Fentress County Historical Society.History of Fentress County, Tennessee. Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1987.
==List of teachers==
*Ocie Oswell Frogge (1916)Hogue, Albert Ross. History of Fentress County, Tennessee. Fentress County: Williams Printing Company, 1916. Book.
* Waymond Storie (1921)Fentress County Historical Society. History of Fentress County, Tennessee. Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1987.
*Lois J. Cate (probably soon after 1932)"Obituary Archives — March 1997". crossville-chronicle.com. 24 October 2014. Web. Accessed 27 January 2015.
* Principal Ernest Buck (1940-1941)
* Pansy Crouch (1940-1941)Fentress County Historical Society. History of Fentress County, Tennessee. Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1987.
*Vannie Upchurch (1965)"Nashville Then: January 1965". tennessean.com. 12 January 2015. Web. Accessed 27 January 2015.
==Photo gallery==
1965-01-19 Fentress County school bus.jpg|January 1965: A school bus the size of a station wagon hauls students to Red Hill
1965-01-19 Red Hill School 2.jpg|January 1965: Mrs. Vannie Upchurch and her students
1965-01-19 Red Hill School 3.jpg|January 1965: Upchurch feeds coal into the school's stove
1965-01-19 Red Hill School 4.jpg|January 1965: Students walk through the snow to the school's outhouse
1965-01-19 Red Hill School 5.jpg|January 1965: One student sweeps out the classroom, while another hauls coal for the stove
1965-01-19 Red Hill School 6.jpg|January 1965: A game of hide-and-seek
1965-01-19 Red Hill School 8.jpg|January 1965: Class is in session for all eight grades
1965-01-19 Red Hill School 7.jpg|January 1965: Recess included sliding down the snowy hill the school sat on
1965-01-19 Red Hill School.jpg|January 1965: Red Hill School sits atop a snowy hill
==References==
Category:Defunct Fentress County schools
Category:Red Hill community