Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz

Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz

The first public school in Dillard was located in this vicinity. Pictured here as it appeared in 1898, this one room, frame school was washed away in a flood. Its replacement, completed in 1908, was located north of this area and was later destroyed by fire.

A third stone school burned in 1938 and was replaced by another built under Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression. The building was also made of stone, sometimes called Ozark giraffe rock. It served the children of Dillard until consolidation with the Cherryville School, ten miles away. Though empty, this building still stands today and is visible from the road leading to Dillard Mill State Historic Site.

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