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Location of Greensville 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 Greensville County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Antioch School 1923-24 unknown demolished 2-teacher design
Barley School 1929-30 unknown

Barley, VA: 36°33′51″N 77°43′27″W / 36.56403°N 77.72415°W / 36.56403; -77.72415 (Barley School)

demolished 1-teacher design
Claresville School vicinity of 6279 Low Ground Road

36°37′37″N 77°27′20″W / 36.62707°N 77.45547°W / 36.62707; -77.45547 (Claresville School)

Emporia demolished 1-teacher design; 1942 Arringdale USGS map shows the school in the vicinity of Claresville Baptist Church
Dahlia School 1921-22 near intersection of Fiddlers Road and Caney Branch Road

36°35′13″N 77°31′12″W / 36.58708°N 77.51996°W / 36.58708; -77.51996 (Dahlia School)

Emporia demolished 2-teacher design
Diamond Grove School near Diamond Grove Baptist Church, 127 Diamond Grove Rd

36°35′43″N 77°34′58″W / 36.59527°N 77.58288°W / 36.59527; -77.58288 (Diamond Grove School)

Skippers demolished 2-teacher design
Greensville County Training School (South Emporia Training) 1929-30 116 Ruffin Lane

36°41′57″N 77°32′06″W / 36.69919°N 77.5351°W / 36.69919; -77.5351 (Greensville County Training School (South Emporia Training))

Emporia standing, derelict 6-teacher design
Independence School near 4384 Independence Church Road

36°40′36″N 77°39′08″W / 36.67658°N 77.65236°W / 36.67658; -77.65236 (Independence School)

Emporia demolished 2-teacher design
Jarretts School 1925-26 unknown

36°48′52″N 77°28′06″W / 36.81431°N 77.46831°W / 36.81431; -77.46831 (Jarretts School) - Town of Jarret

demolished 3-teacher design
Mars Hill School 1923-24 Near 11211 Low Ground Road

vicinity of 36°34′29″N 77°23′34″W / 36.57463°N 77.3927°W / 36.57463; -77.3927 (Mars Hill School)

Emporia demolished 2-teacher design
Orion School vicinity of 4497-4823 Wyatts Mill Rd

36°49′49″N 77°33′29″W / 36.83029°N 77.55798°W / 36.83029; -77.55798 (Orion School)

Jarratt demolished
Powell School 1927-28 unknown 2-teacher design
Radium School 1930-31 unknown

vicinity of 36°43′55″N 77°37′42″W / 36.731944°N 77.628333°W / 36.731944; -77.628333 (Radium School)

Radium 2-teacher design
Rylands School unknown 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.