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Location of Amherst 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 Amherst County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Amherst School 1923-24 132 School Rd

37°35′00″N 79°03′06″W / 37.58332°N 79.05165°W / 37.58332; -79.05165 (Amherst School)

Amherst standing, derelict 4-teacher design; The main school building is gone. Remaining cafeteria building is built into the hillside, the rear opening out in an English basement style.
Lovingston School 1923-24 vicinity of 664 Kings Rd

37°26′38″N 79°08′47″W / 37.44387°N 79.14632°W / 37.44387; -79.14632 (Lovingston School)

Madison Heights demolished 2-teacher design;
Mt. Airy School 1922-23 uncertain

37°31′53″N 79°05′32″W / 37.53129°N 79.09217°W / 37.53129; -79.09217 (Mt. Airy School) vicinity

Amherst demolished 2-teacher design; Described in the 1941 ACPS Engineer’s report as “one mile from Faulconerville Store on Old Stage Road.”; one-story frame building, relatively large. This school had electric lights and was heated with stoves. It also had coal stoves in a kitchen for cooking.(Coolwell area now off N. Coolwell Road)[2]
New Glasgow School 1924-25 2030 Boxwood Farm Road

37°37′15″N 78°58′29″W / 37.62087°N 78.97466°W / 37.62087; -78.97466 (New Glasgow School)

Amherst standing, residence 2-teacher design;
St. Mary School intersection of routes 713 and 621

37°42′25″N 79°04′14″W / 37.70708°N 79.07054°W / 37.70708; -79.07054 (St. Mary School)

Amherst partially demolished 2-teacher design; The school itself is gone, likely stood behind St. Mary Baptist, to the west. There is an extant privy and kitchen facility still standing that likely dates to the school's period, to the northwest of the church[2]
Union Hill School 1922-23 near 575 Union Hill Road

37°34′08″N 79°02′11″W / 37.56877°N 79.03632°W / 37.56877; -79.03632 (Union Hill School)

Amherst demolished 1-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 d e "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.