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Rosenwald Schools
editThe 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 Campbell County, Virginia
edit| Name | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Vista School | 1927-28 | 2190 Lynch Mill Rd | Altavista | demolished | 2-teacher design; The elementary school playground is on the site now |
| Bent Creek School | 1922-23 | unknown | Concord | Most likely demolished; Mapped near Bent Creek Road | 1-teacher design |
| Bocock School | 1926-27 | 98 Bocock Rd | Lynchburg | demolished | 2-teacher design; torn down in the 1950s for new school |
| Brookneal School | 1926-27 | 118 Claytor Road | Brookneal | demolished | 2-teacher design |
| Browns Mill School | 1926-27 | unknown | Rustburg | 1-teacher design | |
| Evington School | 1926-27 | vicinity of corner of Colonial Hwy and Abners Road | Evington | demolished (?) | 2-teacher design: The school was near Mt. Evergreen Church. The 1951 Altavista USGS map shows a school at the corner of Rte 24 and Ridge Rd. |
| Gladys School | 1920-21 | vicinity of 980 Long Island Road, Gladys, VA | Gladys | demolished | 3-teacher design |
| Hills Creek School | 1920-21 | vicinity of 3721 Long Island Road | Gladys | demolished | 2-teacher design |
| Kingston School | 1926-27 | unknown - along Rt. 29 | standing, derelict | 2 Teacher EW Nashville 20 | |
| Lawyers School | 1923-24 | off Leesville Road, exact location unknown | demolished | 2-teacher design; Location unknown: "drive on Leesville Rad and pass Sunburst, the school was near a mulch place or company"[2] | |
| Leets School | 1926-27 | vicinity of 1299 Stage Rd, Concord, VA 24538 | Concord | burned down | 2-teacher design; in the Leets community off Stage Road, get to top of hill, turn right near quarry. There is now a gate on the left where the school was located. |
| Lynch Station School | 1923-24 | vicinity of 900 Lynch Mill Rd | Altavista | demolished | 1-teacher design |
| Megginson School | 1922-23 | 136 Spinoza Circle | Lynchburg | standing, community center | 2 Teacher EW Nashville 20; The privy still stands behind the school |
| Nelson School | 1926-27 | Border Street off Candlers Mtn Road | Lynchburg | demolished | 2-teacher design; |
| New Chapel School | 1925-26 | 1934 New Chapel Rd | Rustburg | demolished | 2-teacher design |
| Rustburg School (County Training School) | 1922-23 | 1470 Village Highway | Rustburg | standing, storage | 4-teacher design; a complex of structures known as "The Hill" contains 5 structures, 4 of which are historic (industrial buildings circa 1925), with Rosenwald funding connections. Rustburg school was expanded 7 years after 1922 construction; a 3-room school was added to the site in 1930-31, with Rosenwald funding as well |
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.