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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 Prince George County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Burrowsville School 1925=26 19132 Brandon Road

37°13′02″N 77°04′05″W / 37.21724°N 77.06797°W / 37.21724; -77.06797 (Burrowsville School)

Spring Grove demolished 2-teacher school; across from Morning Star Baptist, now a parking lot
Disputanta (Training) School 1922-23 10024 County Drive

37°07′29″N 77°13′33″W / 37.12474°N 77.22583°W / 37.12474; -77.22583 (Disputanta School)

Disputanta Burned in 1930. Brick school built in 1934 still stands on site 3-teacher design
Loving Union School 16750 Loving Union Road

37°04′54″N 77°16′29″W / 37.08154°N 77.27464°W / 37.08154; -77.27464 (Loving Union School)

Disputanta demolished 1-teacher design
Parham School 1921-22 unknown
Providence School 1923-24 15902 Providence Road

37°05′36″N 77°22′29″W / 37.09334°N 77.37478°W / 37.09334; -77.37478 (Providence School)

Petersburg demolished 1-teacher design; USGS shows school next to Providence Baptist Church

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.