Better known as the home of J. E. Beck & Son Hardware (established 1945), the building was built by a Mr. Shannon in 1920. In the distance is the old WPA-built city gymnasium. According to Billy Humphries, it will soon be restored and used as a a theater/opry house. Jean Clements also notes that for a time after the Jeffersonville school building burned in the late 1940s, it was used as the temporary grammar school.
After the Jeffersonville school building burned, the WPA building was used as a grammar school in the late 1940s. 2nd grade was taught by Mrs. Annie Whitehurst & 3rd grade by Mrs. Lorene Shannon.