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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 New Kent County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Cumberland School 1927-28 12501 New Kent Highway

37°30′57″N 76°58′00″W / 37.51574°N 76.96653°W / 37.51574; -76.96653 (Cumberland School)

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

37°25′32″N 76°54′57″W / 37.42559°N 76.91586°W / 37.42559; -76.91586 (Lanexa Colored School)(approx)

Lanexa demolished Two teacher
Mt. Nebo School 1922-23 5800 Mt. Nebo Road

37°28′58″N 76°50′31″W / 37.48267°N 76.84202°W / 37.48267; -76.84202 (Mt. Nebo School)

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

37°30′39″N 76°53′27″W / 37.51075°N 76.89091°W / 37.51075; -76.89091 (Oak School) vicinity

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

37°31′46″N 77°10′18″W / 37.52941°N 77.17176°W / 37.52941; -77.17176 (Quinton School)

Quinton standing, vacant 1 Teacher Tuskegee 11

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.