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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 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
[edit]Approximately 360 Rosenwald schools were built in Virginia and at least 16 were located in Pittsylvania County, according to Fisk University's Rosenwald Fund card file database." [2]
| Name | Built[3][4] | Location | City | Status[3][4] | Note[3][4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accomac school | unknown | demolished[3] | |||
| Chatham School | 518 N Main Street | Chatham | standing, occupied | ||
| County Training School | 1920-21 | 203 Northside Drive | Gretna | demolished | |
| Dans Hill school | 1928-29 | near Monument Ave & Industrial Ave | Danville | demolished | |
| Hollandsville (Crooktown) School | 1927-28 | approx 760 Piney Forest Road | Danville | demolished | |
| Hurb/Hurt School | approx 1924-25 | In the vicinity of 850 Prospect Road | Hurt | demolished | Built under Tuskegee; Early one teacher, no date, likely replaced by second "Hurt" school (1924). Location unknown |
| Level Run School | 1921-22 | Robertson Road. Approximately 3,000 feet North of Level Run Road | Hurt | Standing, Vacant, derelict | |
| Lipford School | 1924-25 | 148 Yeatts Store Road | Java | standing, residence | |
| Ramsey School | 1922-23 | 4426 Piney Road | Gretna | standing, residence | |
| Ridgeway School | 1927-28 | unknown - Mapped at corner of Pittsville and Ridgeway Rd near Church | appears demolished[3] | ||
| Shields School | 1924-25 | 2244 Hodnetts Road | Gretna | standing, residence | |
| Shockoe School | 1921-22 | approximately 850 Java Road | Java | demolished | |
| Sonans School | 1927-28 | 7160 Chalk Level Road | Chatham | standing, residence | |
| Stokesland School | 1924-25 | 180 Princeton Road | Danville | standing, occupied | |
| Taylorsville School | 1924-25 | SE corner of Tom Fork Rd and Ringgold Depot Road | demolished |
- ^ 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.
- ^ Worley, Susan (March 3, 2017). "Northside Museum tour to highlight county history Saturday". Chatham Star Tribune. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "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.