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About the Vale School House

The Vale Community, as it was once known, was once a very rural area of the County.  The schoolhouse, one of the oldest standing schools in Fairfax County, was built in 1888.  Originally a one room school, an addition was made in 1912 by dismantling a school at Money’s Corner and rebuilding in its present location.  The first, second, and third grade classes met in the smaller addition and the older students met in the original schoolhouse. 

 

The schoolhouse was used both as a school and for community use.  It served as a school for area children until the 1930’s when the Vale Home Demonstration Club brought it to serve as a community center.  The Vale Methodist Church across the street also met at the schoolhouse before the present church was erected. Today, the schoolhouse remains a center for the Vale area.  The local community gathers at the historic structure for various shows and fairs, and twice a year the schoolhouse becomes the adopted home of the members of ValeArts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members of ValeArts

Guest Artists, Spring 2008