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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 Augusta County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Basic School 1923-24 413 Port Republic Road, Waynesboro, VA

38°04′33″N 78°53′08″W / 38.07578°N 78.88554°W / 38.07578; -78.88554 (Basic School)

Waynesboro demolished Orig school had a gym added in 1939 (w/o Rosenwald funding); all but the gym was replaced in 1959; Technically, no Rosenwald funded sections still stand, only the 1939 addition to the orig school

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.