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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 Southampton County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Boykins School 1920-21 17501 Pittman Rd

36°34′49″N 77°12′22″W / 36.58038°N 77.20606°W / 36.58038; -77.20606 (Boykins School)

Boykins demolished 3-teacher design;
Courtland School 1928-29 Florence Street

36°43′18″N 77°04′01″W / 36.72171°N 77.06702°W / 36.72171; -77.06702 (Courtland School)

Courtland standing, community center 2-teacher design
Ebenezer School 1922-23 Near 10686 Ivor Rd

36°52′27″N 76°57′42″W / 36.87417°N 76.96179°W / 36.87417; -76.96179 (Ebenezer School)

Ivor listed as demolished but perhaps standing (per Google satellite view) 2-teacher design
Franklin School 1930-31 683 Oak Street

36°39′58″N 76°55′28″W / 36.66619°N 76.92455°W / 36.66619; -76.92455 (Franklin School)

Franklin standing, vacant 7 Teacher w Auditorium NS Nashville 7A; brick, 2 separate buildings; also known as Hayden Grammar School
Sands School 1922-23 23444 Myrick Lane

36°33′48″N 77°06′26″W / 36.56334°N 77.10718°W / 36.56334; -77.10718 (Sands School)

Newsoms standing, residence 2-teacher design
School #9 (Whitehead Road) 1920-21 12297 Whitehead Road

36°34′55″N 77°18′05″W / 36.582°N 77.30146°W / 36.582; -77.30146 (School #9 (Whitehead Road))

Branchville noted as demolished by Preservation Virginia, Google Satellite view suggest it might be standing 3-teacher design
White Meadow School 1927-28 The Hall Road (approximate)

vicinity of 36°38′09″N 77°17′46″W / 36.63587°N 77.29606°W / 36.63587; -77.29606 (White Meadow School)

Branchville 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.