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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 Henry County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
County Training School 1920-21 Fayette St & 2nd St

36°41′14″N 79°53′20″W / 36.6873°N 79.88891°W / 36.6873; -79.88891 (Henry County Training School)

Martinsville demolished 8-teacher design
Dry Bridge School 1929-30 1005 Jordan Street

36°41′31″N 79°50′55″W / 36.69202°N 79.84872°W / 36.69202; -79.84872 (Dry Bridge School)

Martinsville standing, occupied 4-teacher design; Dry Bridge School is a one-story brick building; The building has a basic rectangular plan, but at the east and west ends are narrow wings, set-back from the south-facing principal eleva with a concrete foundation, brick walls and deck-on-hip roof; inside Dry Bridge School are four classrooms and two offices. - NRHP
Grassy Creek School 1930-31 130 Rosenwall Drive, Martinsville, VA

36°39′12″N 79°54′50″W / 36.65347°N 79.91395°W / 36.65347; -79.91395 (Grassy Creek School)

Martinsville 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 "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.