Russell Cave School (No. 6) - a county school built prior to 1900 on Russell Cave Pike, as a one-room school on Mt. Brilliant Farm. The school was named after the famous cave located on the farm. In 1916, a new school building was built on Russell Cave Pike, near Iron Works Pike, to consolidate the county system’s schools. The building was destroyed by fire in the spring of 1926, and the students attended classes first in a tent and then a barn until the school was rebuilt. The rebuilt school was used both as an elementary and high school, for a short period. The high school closed in 1933, the students transferred to Bryan Station High School. During the depression, the school added a garden to grow food for school lunches. In 1963, four classrooms were added and in 1967 a library was built. During the 1950s, it became an elementary school.[i]
Russell Cave School, circa 1901 <Faulconer>
Students at Russell Cave School <Faulconer>
Russell Cave Elementary School, 2010 <Ambrose>
[i] A Brief Account of Fayette County’s Elementary Schools, 1969-70 and Fayette County School’s website.
