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History of McHarg
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| In 1908, the City of Radford built two schools costing fourteen
thousand dollars. One of these was McHarg Elementary School which was originally built on
Second Street and named for Henry McHarg. Mr. McHarg was owner of the Pipe Factory and
made donations to the school. In 1956, construction was begun on the present McHarg School and was completed in 1957 at a cost of $443,428. The school housed grades 1-7 with an enrollment of 360 pupils. McHarg School has undergone several additions and a restructuring of grade levels since 1957: 1970 the current second grade area was added 1987 the area that houses the kindergarten was added 1994 Art/Music room added 1996 two new 1st grade classrooms added; one older classroom converted to computer lab Today McHarg is home for the city’s kindergarten through grade three students with an enrollment of over 500. |