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Main article: Rosenwald School

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 Fluvanna County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Bethel School 1925-26 1693 Shiloh Church Road

37°50′00″N 78°17′57″W / 37.83339°N 78.29928°W / 37.83339; -78.29928 (Bethel School)

Palmyra standing, occupied, residence
Byrd Grove School 1930-31 3016 Cedar Lane

37°51′34″N 78°08′56″W / 37.85952°N 78.14888°W / 37.85952; -78.14888 (Byrd Grove School)

Kents Store standing, occupied, residence 2 Teacher EW Nashville 20
Edwards School (Lone Star School) 1925-26 699 Jordan Store Road

37°55′10″N 78°08′02″W / 37.91955°N 78.13401°W / 37.91955; -78.13401 (Edwards School (Lone Star School))

Kents Store standing, residence not recognizable as a Rosenwald School due to additions; nearby is an abandoned building identical to a Rosenwald one-teacher school. Descendants of the Edwards family told us that the Lone Star School is "inside" of the larger home that is still in use; the other structure was built in the 1940s for the Edwards grandparents when their home burned. The community already knew how to build according to the Rosenwald plan, so they built the new home the same way.
Fork Church (Dunbar) School 1923-24 2550 Mountain Hill Rd

37°45′45″N 78°19′40″W / 37.76237°N 78.32788°W / 37.76237; -78.32788 (Fork Church (Dunbar) School)

Palmyra 2 Teacher A NS Nashville 20A standing, occupied, school
St. James School (Douglass) 1930-31 17165 James Madison Highway

37°54′41″N 78°15′24″W / 37.91133°N 78.25655°W / 37.91133; -78.25655 (St. James School (Douglass))

Palmyra standing, occupied, residence 2 Teacher EW Nashville 20
West Bottom (West View) School 1923-24 2996 Bremo Road

37°43′01″N 78°15′22″W / 37.71688°N 78.25612°W / 37.71688; -78.25612 (West Bottom (West View) School)

Bremo Bluff demolished First school was built 1923-1924; burned; built again 1929-1930.
West Bottom School #2 1929-30 2996 Bremo Road

37°43′01″N 78°15′23″W / 37.71692°N 78.25639°W / 37.71692; -78.25639 (West Bottom School #2)

Bremo Bluff demolished

References

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  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.
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