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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 Charlotte County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
County Training School 1928-29 515 Thomas Jefferson Hwy

37°04′00″N 78°38′04″W / 37.06666°N 78.63433°W / 37.06666; -78.63433 (County Training School)

Charlotte Court House 3-teacher design
Galilee School 1929-30 near 8000 Hermon Rd

36°56′32″N 78°42′24″W / 36.94211°N 78.70665°W / 36.94211; -78.70665 (Galilee School)

Saxe demolished 2-teacher design
Germantown School unknown Charlotte Court House presumed demolished
Hughes School 1922-23 unknown Charlotte Court House demolished 1-teacher design; Fairly certain demolished. Hughes Lane shows buildings on USGS 1956 off Thomas Jefferson Hwy Approx 1342 Tho.Jeff Hwy. Aerials show buildings demolished
Keysville School 1930-31 south side of Rte 40, across from Murray Lane, west of Keysville[2]

37°02′39″N 78°29′56″W / 37.0442°N 78.49898°W / 37.0442; -78.49898 (Keysville School) (vicinity)

Keysville demolished 2-teacher design
Rolling Hill School 1925-26 uncertain

37°11′00″N 78°42′40″W / 37.18347°N 78.71108°W / 37.18347; -78.71108 (Rolling Hill School) vicinity

Pamplin demolished 2-teacher design; Exact location unknown. Mapped off Rte 47, near Rolling Hill Road north of Cullen; An unlabeled school building is mapped near Rolling Hill road but located on Thomas Jefferson hwy 37.186555, -78.691342 (approx) Some older buildings (house and ?cannery) but no school currently at this location.
Rough Creek School 1923-24 unknown

37°06′49″N 78°45′19″W / 37.11363°N 78.75537°W / 37.11363; -78.75537 (Rough Creek School) vicinity

Phenix demolished 2-teacher design; Rough Creek is a community and Road north of Phenix. No school marked but several buildings near the church, Red House Road and rte 695
Salem School 1923-24 424 Cargills Creek Rd

36°46′10″N 78°38′13″W / 36.76955°N 78.63693°W / 36.76955; -78.63693 (Salem School)

Red Oak standing, community center 3 Teacher EW Nashville 3; NW corner of the junction of Jones Store Road (632) and Tobacco Hill Road (608) in Red Oak; school is a one-story, wood-framed, 3-teacher type school with large batteries of 9 over 9 windows on the front and back elevations. It sits on brick piers. The interior is in fair shape with 3 classrooms, a kitchen and an entry hall; small museum inside the school with historic images and information.
Saxe School 1921-22 unknown

36°55′47″N 78°39′48″W / 36.92986°N 78.66333°W / 36.92986; -78.66333 (Saxe School) vicinity

Saxe demolished 2-teacher design;
Shop at County Training School 1928-29 515 Thomas Jefferson Hwy

37°04′01″N 78°38′04″W / 37.06693°N 78.63438°W / 37.06693; -78.63438 (Shop at County Training School)

Charlotte Court House standing, museum The Central High Museum is in the shop of the Training School. The interior has been altered but it appears to be a 2-room shop; original windows although some have been bricked over. Large door was made smaller on gable. Same area as Training School.
Taro School 1920-21 unknown

37°08′10″N 78°38′26″W / 37.13625°N 78.64055°W / 37.13625; -78.64055 (Taro School) vicinity

Taro demolished 2-teacher design
Teachers' Home at County Training School 1931-32 515 Thomas Jefferson Hwy

37°04′01″N 78°38′04″W / 37.06692°N 78.63452°W / 37.06692; -78.63452 (Teachers' Home at County Training School)

Charlotte Court House demolished
Terryville School 1923-24 unknown

37°01′47″N 78°52′55″W / 37.02986°N 78.88195°W / 37.02986; -78.88195 (Terryville School) vicinity

Terryville demolished 2-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 d "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.