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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 Brunswick County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Ante School - James A Green 1922-23 16489 Dry Bread Rd

36°39′55″N 77°42′39″W / 36.6652°N 77.71075°W / 36.6652; -77.71075 (Ante School (James A Green))

Emporia demolished
Cedar Grove School 172 Cedar Grove Rd

36°45′37″N 77°49′53″W / 36.76029°N 77.8315°W / 36.76029; -77.8315 (Cedar Grove School)

Lawrenceville demolished 2-teacher design; vicinity of Cedar Grove church
Charlie Hope School #1 3495 Grandy Road

36°46′12″N 77°55′55″W / 36.76998°N 77.93205°W / 36.76998; -77.93205 (Charlie Hope School)

Brodnax standing, community center 2-teacher design;
Forrest Hill School 1930-1940 Blue Bird Rd

36°54′24″N 77°59′51″W / 36.90653°N 77.99738°W / 36.90653; -77.99738 (Forrest Hill School)

Dundas demolished 2-teacher design;
Good Hope School 1923-24 478 Alvis Rd (across the street?)

36°36′38″N 78°01′59″W / 36.61049°N 78.033°W / 36.61049; -78.033 (Good Hope School)

Brodnax noted as demolished but perhaps the school is hidden in the woods across the street (per Google Satellite view) 2-teacher design;
Meherrin School 1923-24 330 Brodnax Rd

36°38′33″N 77°58′35″W / 36.6426°N 77.97638°W / 36.6426; -77.97638 (Meherrin School)

White Plains 2-teacher design
Mount Zion School 1925-26 1090 Littlemont Rd

36°52′50″N 77°52′00″W / 36.88045°N 77.86669°W / 36.88045; -77.86669 (Mount Zion School)

Alberta demolished 2-teacher design
New Hope School 1924-25 5385 Belfield Rd

36°44′43″N 77°42′01″W / 36.74528°N 77.7004°W / 36.74528; -77.7004 (New Hope School)

Freeman demolished 2-teacher design
Rawlings School 1924-25 unknown

36°56′49″N 77°46′42″W / 36.94681°N 77.77839°W / 36.94681; -77.77839 (Rawlings School)

Rawlings demolished according to Preservation Virginia[2]; perhaps extant 2-teacher design; USGS map Lawrenceville 1942 shows a school near 4636 Rawlings Road, Rawlings, VA
St. Paul's (Chapel) School 1920 1356 Brunswick Dr

36°49′31″N 77°57′30″W / 36.82533°N 77.95839°W / 36.82533; -77.95839 (St. Paul's (Chapel) School)

Alberta standing, vacant 1 Teacher Tuskegee 11
Valentine School 1923-24 unknown - perhaps near 1618 Manning Dr

vicinity of 36°34′57″N 77°48′13″W / 36.58237°N 77.80359°W / 36.58237; -77.80359 (Valentine School)

Valentines demolished 2-teacher design
Virginia M. Russell School 1921-22 unknown 3-teacher design
Warfield School near 6728 Flat Rock Rd

vicinity of 36°53′55″N 77°50′13″W / 36.89851°N 77.83692°W / 36.89851; -77.83692 (Warfield School)

Warfield demolished 2-teacher design

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 "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.