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Rosenwald Schools
[edit]The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the South during the early 20th century. The project was the product of the partnership of Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish-American clothier who became part-owner and president of Sears, Roebuck, and Company and the African-American leader, educator, and philanthropist Booker T. Washington, who was president of the Tuskegee Institute.[1]
Rosenwald schools in Albemarle County, Virginia
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Name | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
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Cismont School | 1922-23 | 431 Maxfield Farm Road | Keswick | standing, occupied | 1 Teacher NS Nashville 1A |
Eastham School | 1921-22 | vicinity of 1814 Rosenwald Hill | Charlottesville | demolished (see notes) | School may be standing but is located on private property. location mapped represents the most likely roof and chimney design to be the surviving 2-teacher school. Correspondence from an alum, Sept 2019, that states the school is demolished but the privy remains. |
Greenwood School | 1925-26 | Near 619 Newtown Road | Greenwood | standing, vacant | north side of Route 690/Newtown Road, elevated above road and set back at the rear of a large lot. Mountainous terrain overall. Close to Mount Zion Baptist and just south of Route 64 (but not accessible from it). Stone foundation, raised. Appears to be metal roof |
Rivanna School | 1922-23 | vicinity of Earlysville and Dickerson Roads | Earlysville | demolished | 2-teacher school, demolished. Approximate location at the southern end of CHO airport |
Scottsville School | 1924-25 | 249 Hardware Street | Scottsville | standing, occupied, residence | behind Union Hill Baptist Church (275 Hardware Street), to the east |
St. Johns School | 1922-23 | 1575 St John Rd | Gordonsville | standing, occupied | 2 Teacher EW Nashville 20; adjacent to church; community center/fitness center. |
Whitehall School | 1922-23 | 3168 Browns Gap Turnpike | Crozet | standing, occupied, residence | potential teacher's cottage sits almost alongside road, see site map;Unique 1-teacher plan constructed with textured concrete block; The Albemarle County Historical Commission notes the residence in front of the school as being a teacher's cottage, also constructed of masonry block. |
References
[edit]- ^ Deutsch, Stephanie (2015). You Need a Schoolhouse: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 0-8101-3127-7.
- ^ a b c "Rosenwald School Architectural Survey". Preservation Virginia. Preservation Virginia. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "Fisk University Rosenwald Fund Card File Database". Fisk University. Retrieved 27 February 2022.