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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 Franklin County, Virginia[edit]
| Name | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue School | near Bellvue Missionary Baptist Church | Hardy | demolished | 1 Teacher Tuskegee 11; Bellvue School was built near the extant Bellvue Missionary Baptist Church, but it has been demolished..
Construction Notes This is the location of Bellevue Missionary Baptist Church. the exact location of the school is not known, however it was likely in this area | |
| County Training School | 1926-27 | vicinity of 540 E Court St | Rocky Mount | demolished | 4-teacher design; location near current Lee M. Waid School |
| Ephesus School | 1925-26 | vicinity of 2371 Jacks Creek Rd | Union Hall | demolished | 1-teacher design; School was built near Ephesus Church on Jack's Creek Road, but the exact location is unknown. |
| Sontag School | 1923-24 | 5199 Sontag Road | Rocky Mount | standing, residence | 1-teacher design; located in Chestnut Hill Mobile Home Park off Sontag Road; The Sontag School is a wood-framed, 1-teacher Tuskegee School with a hipped roof covered in stamped tin shingles. The school has two interior chimneys, one brick and one concrete 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.