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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 Appomattox County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Appomattox County Training (Carver Price Education Complex) 1931-32 102 Carver Lane

37°21′38″N 78°49′45″W / 37.36059°N 78.82914°W / 37.36059; -78.82914 (Appomattox County Training School (Carver Price Education Complex))

Appomattox standing, museum 3 Teacher EW Nashville 3 design; Museum is in the 4 rooms of the school; Standing school was remodeled in brick and added on to in 1950-51; it was built in cinder block originally; Changed to one central entrance, from two separate entrances
Appomattox School 737 Court Street

37°21′38″N 78°49′55″W / 37.36053°N 78.83191°W / 37.36053; -78.83191 (Appomattox School)

Appomattox demolished 1-teacher school, now demolished; near the First Baptist Church (which still stands).
Harvey School 1925-26 unknown

37°18′10″N 78°46′35″W / 37.30286°N 78.77642°W / 37.30286; -78.77642 (Harvey School) (vicinity)

Appomattox Possibility that "Evergreen school" at 6870 Old Evergreen Rd could be the Harvey school?
Spout Springs School 1921-22 5261 Reedy Spring Road

37°20′43″N 78°55′12″W / 37.34527°N 78.91991°W / 37.34527; -78.91991 (Spout Springs School)

Spout Spring standing, storage 2 Teacher EW Nashville 20 design; Rural setting, close to train tracks and Route 460. Open lot in the front and on two sides, wooded in the back.

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.