I don't know if it will do you much good, but I have several photos of schools from Southwest Virginia on my photos website.  http://photos.newrivernotes.com

Go to the search box and enter schools to see what turns up.  Some will be relatively recent photos and others go back to the later part of the 19th century.

Good luck
Jeff Weaver.
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