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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 Isle Of Wight County, Virginia
edit| Name | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camptown School | 1924-25 | Council Road (Route 617) | Franklin | demolished | 2-teacher design |
| Christian Home School | 1926-27 | across from 20123 Longview Dr | Windsor | standing but derelict, collapsing | 1-teacher design; Actual site across Route 602 from Christian Home Baptist. This collapsing structure is believed to be the Rosenwald and a 1-room school that was moved to the center of Smithfield is considered an addition. The Schoolhouse Museum was originally the one-room addition built in 1932 and connected to the Christian Home School, which was a Rosenwald School, circa 1924, built on two acres of land in the Chuckatuck area (as mapped); There seems to be disagreement on which is the original school (named in Fisk as a 1-teacher) and which is the later addition. The ruins as photographed represent a larger structure than a 1-teacher. |
| County Training School | 1929-30 | 800 W. Main Street | Smithfield | demolished | 7-teacher design; |
| Ebenezer School | 1924-25 | 16798 Bob White Road | Smithfield | standing, vacant | 1 Teacher Tuskegee 11; Original one-teacher school appears to have been added on to, with separate piers, to the south. Odd corner chimney partially obscured by an angled, sided exterior wall. |
| Shop at Training School | 1930-31 | 800 W. Main Street | Smithfield | demolished |
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 "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.