THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, March 3, 1996 TAG: 9603010383
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON PAGE: 08 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
Blossom Hill School was the first school built in Princess Anne
County in 1846 under the Virginia Free School Act. The
unpretentious, unpainted two-room school served students into the
20th century, until 1908 when a more modern school, serving
elementary and secondary pupils, was built in the village of Creeds.
That eight-classroom school served until 1939 when the new Creeds
High School was built by the W.P.A. program. Blossom Hill stood
within 100 yards of the current Creeds Elementary School. The land
was originally part of the Michael Fentress tract, which came into
the family from a land grant from King Charles II of England in
1672. It was still in the Fentress family in 1939. Blossom Hill got
its name from the flowers that grew everywhere in the area.
by CNB