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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 Montgomery County, Virginia
editName | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
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Elliston School | 1928-29 | 548 Brake Road | Elliston | standing, vacant, derelict | 2-teacher design; Damaged by fire, roof open to the elements. |
Pine Woods School | near 4521 Piney Woods Rd | Riner | demolished | 2-teacher design | |
Shawsville School | 1928-29 | vicinity of 3810 Kirk Hollow Rd | Shawsville | demolished | 2-teacher design; Address is location of former, now demolished, Shawsville Baptist Church. Cemetery still exists to the north; school believed to have stood in this vicinity |
Wake Forest School | 1928-29 | 1870 Wake Forest Road | Blacksburg | standing, residence | 2-teacher design |
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.