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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 Pittsylvania County, Virginia

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Approximately 360 Rosenwald schools were built in Virginia and at least 16 were located in Pittsylvania County, according to Fisk University's Rosenwald Fund card file database." [2]

Name Built[3][4] Location City Status[3][4] Note[3][4]
Accomac school unknown demolished[3]
Chatham School 518 N Main Street

36°50′16″N 79°23′35″W / 36.83776°N 79.39295°W / 36.83776; -79.39295 (Chatham School)

Chatham standing, occupied
County Training School 1920-21 203 Northside Drive

36°57′19″N 79°21′15″W / 36.95532°N 79.35403°W / 36.95532; -79.35403 (County Training School)

Gretna demolished
Dans Hill school 1928-29 near Monument Ave & Industrial Ave

36°34′44″N 79°22′56″W / 36.57894°N 79.38211°W / 36.57894; -79.38211 (Dans Hill School)

Danville demolished
Hollandsville (Crooktown) School 1927-28 approx 760 Piney Forest Road

36°36′47″N 79°24′19″W / 36.61303°N 79.40519°W / 36.61303; -79.40519 (Hollandsville (Crooktown) School)

Danville demolished
Hurb/Hurt School approx 1924-25 In the vicinity of 850 Prospect Road

37°04′49″N 79°17′38″W / 37.08019°N 79.29389°W / 37.08019; -79.29389 (Hurb/Hurt School)

Hurt demolished Built under Tuskegee; Early one teacher, no date, likely replaced by second "Hurt" school (1924). Location unknown
Level Run School 1921-22 Robertson Road. Approximately 3,000 feet North of Level Run Road

37°02′24″N 79°11′58″W / 37.04003°N 79.19953°W / 37.04003; -79.19953 (Level Run School)

Hurt Standing, Vacant, derelict
Lipford School 1924-25 148 Yeatts Store Road

36°52′07″N 79°11′34″W / 36.86854°N 79.1927°W / 36.86854; -79.1927 (Lipford School)

Java standing, residence
Ramsey School 1922-23 4426 Piney Road

36°56′57″N 79°24′49″W / 36.94914°N 79.41374°W / 36.94914; -79.41374 (Ramsey School)

Gretna standing, residence
Ridgeway School 1927-28 unknown - Mapped at corner of Pittsville and Ridgeway Rd near Church

36°59′27″N 79°28′48″W / 36.99077°N 79.48007°W / 36.99077; -79.48007 (Ridgeway School)

appears demolished[3]
Shields School 1924-25 2244 Hodnetts Road

36°57′35″N 79°14′26″W / 36.95981°N 79.24055°W / 36.95981; -79.24055 (Shields School)

Gretna standing, residence
Shockoe School 1921-22 approximately 850 Java Road

36°49′42″N 79°14′44″W / 36.82835°N 79.24566°W / 36.82835; -79.24566 (Shockoe School)

Java demolished
Sonans School 1927-28 7160 Chalk Level Road

36°53′08″N 79°18′41″W / 36.88545°N 79.31132°W / 36.88545; -79.31132 (Sonans School)

Chatham standing, residence
Stokesland School 1924-25 180 Princeton Road

36°32′48″N 79°28′30″W / 36.54661°N 79.47489°W / 36.54661; -79.47489 (Stokesland School)

Danville standing, occupied
Taylorsville School 1924-25 SE corner of Tom Fork Rd and Ringgold Depot Road

36°35′39″N 79°16′36″W / 36.59415°N 79.27674°W / 36.59415; -79.27674 (Taylorsville School)

demolished
  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. ^ Worley, Susan (March 3, 2017). "Northside Museum tour to highlight county history Saturday". Chatham Star Tribune. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Rosenwald School Architectural Survey". Preservation Virginia. Preservation Virginia. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Fisk University Rosenwald Fund Card File Database". Fisk University. Retrieved 27 February 2022.