Criglersville Elementary School is situated in the village of Criglersville in northwestern Madison County, at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah National Park.  The school property served as the longtime epicenter of educational life for this portion of the county, and it includes three historically intact buildings. The eight-classroom brick school building, constructed in 1949, is one of the earliest examples of modernist architecture in Madison County. The first school at Criglersville was constructed ca. 1913, and ca. 1935 a home economics building and an agriculture building were both added to the property to accommodate expanding programs and a growing student population. The current school building was constructed after a fire destroyed the earlier 1913 school. Despite closing in 2003, the school property continues to serve as an educational and community center, as the former home economics building has housed the Madison County Historical Society’s Mountain Museum.  The Criglersville Elementary School property also includes a roadside monument dedicated to the individuals displaced during the creation of Shenandoah National Park.