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Rosenwald Schools

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 Albemarle County, Virginia

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Name	Built^[2]^[3]	Location	City	Status^[2]^[3]	Note^[2]^[3]
Cismont School	1922-23	431 Maxfield Farm Road 38°02′52″N 78°17′55″W / 38.04769°N 78.29866°W / 38.04769; -78.29866 (Cismont School)	Keswick	standing, occupied	1 Teacher NS Nashville 1A
Eastham School	1921-22	vicinity of 1814 Rosenwald Hill 38°05′29″N 78°23′38″W / 38.09152°N 78.39393°W / 38.09152; -78.39393 (Eastham School)	Charlottesville	demolished (see notes)	School may be standing but is located on private property. location mapped represents the most likely roof and chimney design to be the surviving 2-teacher school. Correspondence from an alum, Sept 2019, that states the school is demolished but the privy remains.
Greenwood School	1925-26	Near 619 Newtown Road 38°02′43″N 78°47′20″W / 38.04537°N 78.78879°W / 38.04537; -78.78879 (Greenwood School)	Greenwood	standing, vacant	north side of Route 690/Newtown Road, elevated above road and set back at the rear of a large lot. Mountainous terrain overall. Close to Mount Zion Baptist and just south of Route 64 (but not accessible from it). Stone foundation, raised. Appears to be metal roof
Rivanna School	1922-23	vicinity of Earlysville and Dickerson Roads 38°07′41″N 78°27′34″W / 38.12818°N 78.45955°W / 38.12818; -78.45955 (Rivanna School)	Earlysville	demolished	2-teacher school, demolished. Approximate location at the southern end of CHO airport
Scottsville School	1924-25	249 Hardware Street 37°48′22″N 78°29′37″W / 37.80624°N 78.49368°W / 37.80624; -78.49368 (Scottsville School)	Scottsville	standing, occupied, residence	behind Union Hill Baptist Church (275 Hardware Street), to the east
St. Johns School	1922-23	1575 St John Rd 38°04′45″N 78°16′34″W / 38.07928°N 78.27605°W / 38.07928; -78.27605 (St. Johns School)	Gordonsville	standing, occupied	2 Teacher EW Nashville 20; adjacent to church; community center/fitness center.
Whitehall School	1922-23	3168 Browns Gap Turnpike 38°07′36″N 78°39′44″W / 38.12673°N 78.66231°W / 38.12673; -78.66231 (Whitehall School)	Crozet	standing, occupied, residence	potential teacher's cottage sits almost alongside road, see site map;Unique 1-teacher plan constructed with textured concrete block; The Albemarle County Historical Commission notes the residence in front of the school as being a teacher's cottage, also constructed of masonry block.

References

^ 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.

[Deutsch-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.

[PVa-2] "Rosenwald School Architectural Survey". Preservation Virginia. Preservation Virginia. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[Fisk-3] "Fisk University Rosenwald Fund Card File Database". Fisk University. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

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