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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 New Kent County, Virginia
[edit]Name | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
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Cumberland School | 1927-28 | 12501 New Kent Highway | New Kent | demolished | 2-teacher school; School burned, arson fire, in 1963. Community replaced it with a cinder block community center on the same site. |
Lanexa Colored School | 1921-22 | N. Waterside Drive | Lanexa | demolished | Two teacher |
Mt. Nebo School | 1922-23 | 5800 Mt. Nebo Road | Barhamsville | demolished | Two teacher. Sat about 500 ft from church on the north side of the building. Google Maps clearly show the grass field where the school once stood |
Oak School | 1921-22 | vicinity of Chandler Hills Rd | Lanexa | demolished | first a white school, then given to the African=American community and shortly after was burned. It was not replaced. |
Quinton School | 1923-24 | 8460 S. Quaker Road | Quinton | standing, vacant | 1 Teacher Tuskegee 11 |
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.