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Rosenwald Schools edit
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 Dinwiddie County, Virginia edit
| Name | Built[2][3] | Location | City | Status[2][3] | Note[2][3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center Star School | 1927-28 | 15301 Wilkinson Road | Dinwiddie | standing, community center | 2-teacher design; |
| Gruby Road School | 10608 White Oak Church Rd | Wilsons | standing, religious | 2-teacher design; | |
| Mason No. 17 (Mason Town) School | 20504 Mason Town Drive | Stony Creek | standing, vacant | 2-teacher design; Functioned as a store with gas pumps out front. | |
| McKenney School (County Training School) | 1924-25 | 11206 Marguerita D Ragsdale St | McKenney | demolished | 4-teacher design; Two room shop at this school; Building burned evening of March 5, 1925 Insurance collected $1000.00 at the time the building burned the construction was completed and the contractor was painting it.[3] |
| Shop at County Training School (McKenney School) | 1928-29 | 11206 Marguerita D. Ragsdale St. | McKenney | demolished | Two-room shop (1 teacher classification) |
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Rosenwald School Architectural Survey". Preservation Virginia. Preservation Virginia. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Fisk University Rosenwald Fund Card File Database". Fisk University. Retrieved 27 February 2022.