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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 Hanover County, Virginia
[edit]| Name | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Grove school | 1926-27 | 7250 Chestnut Church Road (approximate) | Mechanicsville | demolished | Address is site of 1920 African American Baptist Church (New Chestnut), likely the site of the Chestnut Grove school |
| Ellerson school | 8387-8504 Meadowbridge Road | Mechanicsville | demolished | likely site of school was across Meadowbridge Road at the end of Ellerson Station Road | |
| Georgetown school | 10000 Learning Lane (approximate) | Mechanicsville | demolished | ||
| Mt. Zion School | 1920-21 | 2371 Piping Tree Ferry Road (approx) | Mechanicsville | demolished | Mount Zion Baptist Church; coordinates show site adjacent to church and cemetery that may have been the original site of the school |
References
[edit]- ^ 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 "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.