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Location of York County in Virginia

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 York County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
County Training School 1920-21 vicinity of Goosely Road near Cook Road

37°13′29″N 76°30′27″W / 37.22484°N 76.50743°W / 37.22484; -76.50743 (County Training School School)

Yorktown demolished; burned in 1953[2] 6-teacher design
Shop at County Training School 1929-30 vicinity of Goosely Road near Cook Road

37°13′30″N 76°30′28″W / 37.22496°N 76.50779°W / 37.22496; -76.50779 (Shop at County Training School)

Yorktown demolished
Teachers' Home at County Training School 1931-32 vicinity of Goosely Road near Cook Road

37°13′29″N 76°30′28″W / 37.22465°N 76.50789°W / 37.22465; -76.50789 (Teachers' Home at County Training School)

Yorktown demolished

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.