Hinsons Ford Road

Roads Academy

Roads Academy

At the intersection of Hinson's Ford Road and Lee Highway is the site of Roads Academy, a school that was established by Edmund Roads, a graduate of Fork Union Military Academy.
Mr. Roads built a three-story building on this site, with classrooms on the first floor, the professor's apartment on the second floor, and dormitory rooms on the third floor. The school was in operation for more than five years. Mr. Roads later became a Methodist preacher. His mother was Arbelia Amiss. The house was also owned by Ralph Rowzie, It is still in the Rowzie family. The present house, called Academy Place, was built from materials salvaged from Roads Academy