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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 Nansemond County, Virginia[edit]
(note: Nansemond is an extinct jurisdiction that was located south of the James River in Virginia Colony and in the Commonwealth of Virginia (after statehood) in the United States, from 1646 until 1974. It was known as Nansemond County until 1972. From 1972 to 1974, a period of eighteen months, it was the independent city of Nansemond. It is now part of the independent city of Suffolk.)
| Name | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Training School | 1923-24 | 9307 Southwestern Boulevard | Suffolk | standing, vacant | 6-teacher style |
| East Suffolk School | 1926-27 | 134 S. 6th Street | Suffolk | standing, community center | 7-teacher design; on National Register of Historic Places; used by Suffolk Parks and Rec Dept as Community Center |
| Holland School | 1926-27 | 6501 Cumberland Lane | Suffolk | standing, residence | 1 Teacher EW Nashville 1 |
| Huntersville School | 1930-31 | across the street from 6121 Old Townpoint Rd | Suffolk | demolished | 4-teacher design |
| Mill Road School | 1924-25 | 3733 Old Mill Road | Suffolk | demolished | 3-teacher design |
| Oakland School | 1922-23 | 5505 Goodwin Blvd | Suffolk | demolished | 3-teacher design |
| Saratoga School | 1924-25 | 725 Battery Ave | Suffolk | demolished | 3-teacher design |
| Shoulders Hill School | 1820-21 | 4540 Nansemond Parkway | Suffolk | demolished | 5-teacher design; Stood behind the Florence Bowser Elementary until demolished to make way for new school |
| Whaleyville School | 1922-23 | 132 Robertson Street | Suffolk | demolished | 6-teacher design |
| Wilroy School | 1924-25 | 2687 Wilroy Road (?) | Suffolk | questioned | 3-teacher design; USGS. This may be standing on Milum Road. A church[2] |
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 d "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.