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Rosenwald Schools

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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 Louisa County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Louisa school 1926-27 121 West Street

38°01′46″N 78°00′32″W / 38.02943°N 78.00896°W / 38.02943; -78.00896 (Louisa School)

Louisa standing, residence Two buildings located at 121 West Street is the Louisa School, originally a 5-room building. A 2-cell structure stands just to the northeast of the school, a lunchroom.[2][3]
Shady Grove School 1923-24 2925 3 Chopt Rd

37°45′36″N 77°52′36″W / 37.76006°N 77.87666°W / 37.76006; -77.87666 (Shady Grove School)

Gum Spring standing, vacant [2][3]

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