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Main article: Rosenwald School

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 Montgomery County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Elliston School 1928-29 548 Brake Road

37°12′34″N 80°13′05″W / 37.20955°N 80.21794°W / 37.20955; -80.21794 (Elliston School)

Elliston standing, vacant, derelict 2-teacher design; Damaged by fire, roof open to the elements.
Pine Woods School near 4521 Piney Woods Rd

37°03′02″N 80°29′51″W / 37.05059°N 80.49743°W / 37.05059; -80.49743 (Pine Woods School)

Riner demolished 2-teacher design
Shawsville School 1928-29 vicinity of 3810 Kirk Hollow Rd

37°09′53″N 80°15′36″W / 37.16473°N 80.2599°W / 37.16473; -80.2599 (Shawsville School)

Shawsville demolished 2-teacher design; Address is location of former, now demolished, Shawsville Baptist Church. Cemetery still exists to the north; school believed to have stood in this vicinity
Wake Forest School 1928-29 1870 Wake Forest Road

37°12′54″N 80°34′07″W / 37.21505°N 80.56869°W / 37.21505; -80.56869 (Wake Forest School)

Blacksburg standing, residence 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.
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