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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 Essex County, Virginia[edit]

Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Beulah school 2007 Latanes Mill Rd

37°51′54″N 76°58′41″W / 37.865°N 76.97812°W / 37.865; -76.97812 (Beulah School)

Tappahannock demolished
Center Cross school 141 Byrds Bridge Rd

37°48′02″N 76°46′50″W / 37.80046°N 76.78049°W / 37.80046; -76.78049 (Center Cross School)

Center Cross demolished
Ozeana school 29566 Tidewater Trail

37°49′47″N 76°48′09″W / 37.82966°N 76.80255°W / 37.82966; -76.80255 (Ozeana School)

Dunnsville demolished

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "Rosenwald School Architectural Survey". Preservation Virginia. Preservation Virginia. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Fisk University Rosenwald Fund Card File Database". Fisk University. Retrieved 27 February 2022.