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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 Charlotte County, Virginia
[edit]Name | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
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County Training School | 1928-29 | 515 Thomas Jefferson Hwy | Charlotte Court House | 3-teacher design | |
Galilee School | 1929-30 | near 8000 Hermon Rd | Saxe | demolished | 2-teacher design |
Germantown School | unknown | Charlotte Court House | presumed demolished | ||
Hughes School | 1922-23 | unknown | Charlotte Court House | demolished | 1-teacher design; Fairly certain demolished. Hughes Lane shows buildings on USGS 1956 off Thomas Jefferson Hwy Approx 1342 Tho.Jeff Hwy. Aerials show buildings demolished |
Keysville School | 1930-31 | south side of Rte 40, across from Murray Lane, west of Keysville[2] | Keysville | demolished | 2-teacher design |
Rolling Hill School | 1925-26 | uncertain | Pamplin | demolished | 2-teacher design; Exact location unknown. Mapped off Rte 47, near Rolling Hill Road north of Cullen; An unlabeled school building is mapped near Rolling Hill road but located on Thomas Jefferson hwy 37.186555, -78.691342 (approx) Some older buildings (house and ?cannery) but no school currently at this location. |
Rough Creek School | 1923-24 | unknown | Phenix | demolished | 2-teacher design; Rough Creek is a community and Road north of Phenix. No school marked but several buildings near the church, Red House Road and rte 695 |
Salem School | 1923-24 | 424 Cargills Creek Rd | Red Oak | standing, community center | 3 Teacher EW Nashville 3; NW corner of the junction of Jones Store Road (632) and Tobacco Hill Road (608) in Red Oak; school is a one-story, wood-framed, 3-teacher type school with large batteries of 9 over 9 windows on the front and back elevations. It sits on brick piers. The interior is in fair shape with 3 classrooms, a kitchen and an entry hall; small museum inside the school with historic images and information. |
Saxe School | 1921-22 | unknown | Saxe | demolished | 2-teacher design; |
Shop at County Training School | 1928-29 | 515 Thomas Jefferson Hwy | Charlotte Court House | standing, museum | The Central High Museum is in the shop of the Training School. The interior has been altered but it appears to be a 2-room shop; original windows although some have been bricked over. Large door was made smaller on gable. Same area as Training School. |
Taro School | 1920-21 | unknown | Taro | demolished | 2-teacher design |
Teachers' Home at County Training School | 1931-32 | 515 Thomas Jefferson Hwy | Charlotte Court House | demolished | |
Terryville School | 1923-24 | unknown | Terryville | demolished | 2-teacher design |
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 d "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.