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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 Fairfax County, Virginia
[edit]| Name | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax School | 1925-26 | vicinity of 10515 School Street | Fairfax | demolished | school was located on School Street, between it and the north end of Rosenwald Lane. Eleven Oaks school was built in 1952 directly behind the Fairfax school; it, too, has been demolished |
| Oak Grove School | 1930-31 | vicinity of 1151 Artic Quill Road | Herndon | demolished | |
| Seminary School | 1925-26 | 3300 King Street | Alexandria (historically, Fairfax County[2]) | demolished |
- ^ 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 d "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.