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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 Lunenburg County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Lunenburg County Training School (Victoria Training) 1924-25 vicinity 820 K-V Road

36°58′37″N 78°12′32″W / 36.97693°N 78.20876°W / 36.97693; -78.20876 (Lunenburg County Training School (Victoria Training))

Victoria demolished 3-teacher plan demolished in the 1950s, replaced with newer school that still stands.
Kenbridge Training School 1928-29 possibly site of current elementary school 215 Nottoway Falls Road

36°58′04″N 78°07′22″W / 36.9677°N 78.12283°W / 36.9677; -78.12283 (Kenbridge Training School)

Kenbridge demolished 4-teacher design
Shop at Victoria (County Training School) 1927-28 vicinity 820 K-V Road

36°59′07″N 78°13′06″W / 36.9853°N 78.21834°W / 36.9853; -78.21834 (Lunenburg County Training School (Victoria Training))

Victoria demolished likely stood nearby the Lunenburg County Training (also called Victoria Training)
West End School 1921-22 Unknown, in the Rehoboth area[2]

36°53′56″N 78°20′40″W / 36.89896°N 78.34439°W / 36.89896; -78.34439 (West End School) (vicinity)

Victoria unknown 1-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 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.