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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 Sussex County, Virginia
edit| Name | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Training School | 1922-23 | 112 Coppahaunk Ave | Waverly | demolished | County Training school (and likely shop) stood until 2016 when they were destroyed by a tornado |
| Gresham School | 1925-26 | vicinity of 18183 Old Forty Road | Waverly | demolished | Exact site unknown but Gresham School, also called New Hope, stood in the vicinity of the original New Hope Church, demolished and replaced by the current in the late 1990s |
| Shop at County Training School | 1922-23 | 112 Coppahaunk Ave | Waverly | demolished | County Training school (and likely shop) stood until 2016 when they were destroyed by a tornado |
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.