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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 Chesterfield County, Virginia
[edit]| Name | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beulah school | 1920 | 21210 Hull Street Road | Moseley | demolished | One teacher design; VA Historic Marker placed on site |
| Chesterfield County Training School | 1924-25 | 3000 E Belt Blvd | Richmond | demolished | (Street view shows what appears to be a Rosenwald school at this address) |
| Kingsland School | 1926-27 | 9501 Chester Road | Richmond | demolished | |
| Midlothian School | 1925-26 | 13600 Westfield Road | Midlothian | demolished | |
| Piney Branch School | 5707 Carver Heights Drive | Chester | demolished | ||
| Union Grove School | 19300 Church Rd | Petersburg | demolished |
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.