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Rosenwald Schools
[edit]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 Amelia County, Virginia
[edit]| Name | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammon School | Wills Road and Ammon Road | Ford | demolished | Google maps has an image of the standing school, taken in 2009. In 2017 all that is left is a pile of debris in an open field. No other structures are around. | |
| Brick Church School | 1921-22 | vicinity of 13130 Genito Rd | Amelia Court House | standing, vacant | cement block foundation, small lean-to shed built on back of building. Windows covered with metal sheeting. Appears to have largely original roof and siding, some original windows. South facing |
| Broad Street School | unknown | demolished | |||
| Five Forks school | somewhere on 5 Forks Road | Amelia | standing, occupied, storage | The school sits on a hill, back from the road in an open field surrounded by woods; two capped wells. | |
| Good Hope School | 6200 Jetersville Road(?)
7VPV+GV Jetersville, Virginia |
Jetersville | demolished | The school was located behind the church. The area is now wooded and nothing is left of the school | |
| Jetersville School | 1923-24 | Jetersville | demolished | demolished by 1968, most likely during construction on nearby RT 360 | |
| Manassas Hill School | 11741 Namozine Road | Amelia Court House | demolished | Standing until at least 1994 on USGS survey maps | |
| Mannboro School | 1925-26 | Richmond Road, Mannboro, Virginia | Mannboro | standing, residence | The former school sits on Richmond Road, north of the town of Manborro. It appears to be in fair condition and is a residence. The roof appears to be original
Construct; The foundation appears to be concrete painted red. The school has been wrapped in vinyl siding, covering the majority of the windows. |
| Promise Land School | 1927-28 | 11670 Promise Land Road | Amelia Court House | standing, occupied, religious | The building has been altered greatly. The foundation is concrete block. There are no other structures; listed in Virginia Cultural Resources Information System (VCRIS). |
| Reed Rock School | 1923-24 | Rodophil | demolished | 1 Teacher Tuskegee 11 | |
| Rocky Hill School | 1922-23 | Rocky Hill Road | demolished | location unknown. Route 153, Military Highway is also Rocky Hill Road. Rocky Hill Baptist is just over the county line in Nottoway; Cedar Hill Baptist? | |
| St. James School | Jetersville | demolished | Burned in 1925 according to Fisk database, may have been reconstructed as the school is visible on 1958 and 1968 USGS survey maps. |
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.