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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 Clarke County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Berryville, Clarke Co Training School, Johnson-Williams High[2] 1930-31 303 Josephine Street

39°08′31″N 77°58′46″W / 39.14199°N 77.97941°W / 39.14199; -77.97941 (Berryville School)

Berryville standing, occupied, residence The Rosenwald School is part of a group of three schools in the Josephine City neighborhood. It was added onto in the 1950s; The original school has a center section (auditorium) flanked by two wings on each side. The center section is enclosed by later additions

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.