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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 Roanoke County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Catawba School 1922-23 5471 Keffer Rd, Catawba, VA

37°22′54″N 80°07′28″W / 37.38176°N 80.12456°W / 37.38176; -80.12456 (Catawba School)

Catawba standing, vacant 1 Teacher NS Nashville 1A design
Hanging Rock School 1904 Timberview Road

37°19′44″N 80°02′23″W / 37.32877°N 80.03984°W / 37.32877; -80.03984 (Hanging Rock School)

Roanoke standing, residence Two-teacher design
Mountain Top School 1929-30 10118 Slings Gap Road

37°09′45″N 80°06′05″W / 37.16243°N 80.10148°W / 37.16243; -80.10148 (Mountain Top School)

Bent Mountain standing, residence One-teacher design

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.