In December 1962, the school was closed and was purchased by Roanoke County.

[3] The school was named for the district, and is built upon land once owned by Tazewell M. Starkey.

He was a member of the Roanoke County School Board, Cave Springs District, from 1873 to 1895.

Crispean Divers was the school principal and taught the combined fifth and sixth grades.

This article about a property in Roanoke County, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.