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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 Northumberland County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Avalon School 1925-26 Avalon Lane (636)

37°54′37″N 76°25′41″W / 37.91015°N 76.42799°W / 37.91015; -76.42799 (Avalon School)

Heathsville standing, occupied, other On Avalon Lane, just off Route 360. Used as a school bus lot (and very likely as a dispatch center).
Branch Chapel School #2 1925-26 1550 Lively Hope Rd

37°58′06″N 76°35′22″W / 37.96829°N 76.58934°W / 37.96829; -76.58934 (Branch Chapel School #2)

Callao standing, occupied, religious 2-teacher plan but looks like Tuskegee 1-teacher plan; Lively Hope Baptist Church purchased the school in 1960 and moved the school house to the back of the Church to use as an annex and the property where the schoolhouse stood is now a cemetery.
Hygeia School 1923-24 near 15932 Northumberland Hwy (360), near Muscadine Lane

37°52′49″N 76°20′10″W / 37.8802°N 76.33612°W / 37.8802; -76.33612 (Hygeia School)

Burgess standing, vacant, derelict Off Route 360, directly behind a Dollar General store; overgrown with little of the building visible
Mt. Olive School 1921-22 vicinity of Crosshills & Balls Neck Rd

37°47′39″N 76°22′01″W / 37.79406°N 76.36699°W / 37.79406; -76.36699 (Mt. Olive School)

Heathsville demolished This school replaced an earlier school.
Shop at County Training School 1928-29 19602 Northumberland Highway

37°51′31″N 76°16′56″W / 37.85853°N 76.28222°W / 37.85853; -76.28222 (Shop at County Training School)

Reedville standing, vacant Shop building located adjacent to the two-story school; Exterior appears to be covered with a corrugated metal material
Bridgeneck County Training (Julius Rosenwald High School/Northumberland Co Training) 1928-29 19602 Northumberland Hwy

37°51′32″N 76°16′56″W / 37.85884°N 76.2822°W / 37.85884; -76.2822 (Bridgeneck County Training School)

Reedville standing, vacant 6 Teacher w Auditorium EW Nashville 60; Bridgeneck/Northumberland County Training School/Julius Rosenwald High School; shop building located adjacent. Two-storey wood frame, well-preserved interior with an auditorium; Shop building adjacent; Dated 1917

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 "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.