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Rosenwald Schools

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 New Kent County, Virginia

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Name	Built^[2]^[3]	Location	City	Status^[2]^[3]	Note^[2]^[3]
Cumberland School	1927-28	12501 New Kent Highway 37°30′57″N 76°58′00″W / 37.51574°N 76.96653°W / 37.51574; -76.96653 (Cumberland School)	New Kent	demolished	2-teacher school; School burned, arson fire, in 1963. Community replaced it with a cinder block community center on the same site.
Lanexa Colored School	1921-22	N. Waterside Drive 37°25′32″N 76°54′57″W / 37.42559°N 76.91586°W / 37.42559; -76.91586 (Lanexa Colored School)(approx)	Lanexa	demolished	Two teacher
Mt. Nebo School	1922-23	5800 Mt. Nebo Road 37°28′58″N 76°50′31″W / 37.48267°N 76.84202°W / 37.48267; -76.84202 (Mt. Nebo School)	Barhamsville	demolished	Two teacher. Sat about 500 ft from church on the north side of the building. Google Maps clearly show the grass field where the school once stood
Oak School	1921-22	vicinity of Chandler Hills Rd 37°30′39″N 76°53′27″W / 37.51075°N 76.89091°W / 37.51075; -76.89091 (Oak School) vicinity	Lanexa	demolished	first a white school, then given to the African=American community and shortly after was burned. It was not replaced.
Quinton School	1923-24	8460 S. Quaker Road 37°31′46″N 77°10′18″W / 37.52941°N 77.17176°W / 37.52941; -77.17176 (Quinton School)	Quinton	standing, vacant	1 Teacher Tuskegee 11

References

^ 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 "Fisk University Rosenwald Fund Card File Database". Fisk University. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[Deutsch-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.

[PVa-2] "Rosenwald School Architectural Survey". Preservation Virginia. Preservation Virginia. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[Fisk-3] "Fisk University Rosenwald Fund Card File Database". Fisk University. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

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