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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]

Recalling Fauquier's Rosenwald Schools

Rosenwald schools in Fauquier County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Blackwelltown School 1923-24 11363 Blackwelltown Road

38°33′59″N 77°41′33″W / 38.56646°N 77.69259°W / 38.56646; -77.69259 (Blackwelltown School)

Midland standing, residence
Fauquier County Training School 1920-21 Behind 317 E Shirley Ave

38°42′13″N 77°47′30″W / 38.7037°N 77.7916°W / 38.7037; -77.7916 (Fauquier County Training School)

Warrenton standing, storage 5 teacher school; The industrial arts building is all that survives of the Fauquier County Training School, located across Business Rt 29 from current Taylor Middle School
Crest Hill School 1929-30 Crest Hill Rd & Cornwell Ln

38°46′32″N 78°00′05″W / 38.77563°N 78.00138°W / 38.77563; -78.00138 (Crest Hill School)

Hume standing, occupied, residence
Greenville School 1924-25 7600 Greenville Road

38°43′05″N 77°39′59″W / 38.71811°N 77.66643°W / 38.71811; -77.66643 (Greenville School)

Nokesville standing, occupied, religious Converted into a dining room for Little Zion Baptist Church. Unknown if building was moved from previous location
Orleans School 1924-25 Free State Road, west side, south of Mt. Nebo Church Road

38°50′29″N 77°52′50″W / 38.84125°N 77.88051°W / 38.84125; -77.88051 (Orleans School)

Marshall demolished known in the community as Morgantown school. 1943 Rectortown USGS shows school as Morgantown
Rectortown School 1923-24 Rectortown Rd

38°54′40″N 77°50′55″W / 38.91114°N 77.84871°W / 38.91114; -77.84871 (Rectortown School)

Marshall demolished Site is now next Claude Thompson Elementary school
Remington School 1922-23 Strodes Mill Road

38°31′39″N 77°47′11″W / 38.5276°N 77.78633°W / 38.5276; -77.78633 (Remington School)

Remington standing, residence close to the road at sharp curve. Outhouse located on site. was renamed Piney Ridge School
Routts Hill School 1922-23 10419 St. Pauls Rd

38°36′08″N 77°49′56″W / 38.60225°N 77.83225°W / 38.60225; -77.83225 (Routts Hill School)

Bealeton demolished

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.