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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 Campbell County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Alta Vista School 1927-28 2190 Lynch Mill Rd

37°07′58″N 79°17′00″W / 37.13282°N 79.2832°W / 37.13282; -79.2832 (Alta Vista School)

Altavista demolished 2-teacher design; The elementary school playground is on the site now
Bent Creek School 1922-23 unknown

37°14′42″N 78°54′06″W / 37.24509°N 78.90157°W / 37.24509; -78.90157 (Bent Creek School)

Concord Most likely demolished; Mapped near Bent Creek Road 1-teacher design
Bocock School 1926-27 98 Bocock Rd

37°21′32″N 79°06′29″W / 37.35875°N 79.10808°W / 37.35875; -79.10808 (Bocock School)

Lynchburg demolished 2-teacher design; torn down in the 1950s for new school
Brookneal School 1926-27 118 Claytor Road

37°03′30″N 78°57′19″W / 37.05835°N 78.95529°W / 37.05835; -78.95529 (Brookneal School)

Brookneal demolished 2-teacher design
Browns Mill School 1926-27 unknown

37°14′44″N 79°07′39″W / 37.24569°N 79.12759°W / 37.24569; -79.12759 (Browns Mill School) (vicinity)

Rustburg 1-teacher design
Evington School 1926-27 vicinity of corner of Colonial Hwy and Abners Road

37°14′08″N 79°17′51″W / 37.23543°N 79.29756°W / 37.23543; -79.29756 (Evington School)

Evington demolished (?) 2-teacher design: The school was near Mt. Evergreen Church. The 1951 Altavista USGS map shows a school at the corner of Rte 24 and Ridge Rd.
Gladys School 1920-21 vicinity of 980 Long Island Road, Gladys, VA

37°09′22″N 79°05′11″W / 37.1562°N 79.0865°W / 37.1562; -79.0865 (Gladys School)

Gladys demolished 3-teacher design
Hills Creek School 1920-21 vicinity of 3721 Long Island Road

37°07′18″N 79°05′25″W / 37.12156°N 79.09019°W / 37.12156; -79.09019 (Hills Creek School)

Gladys demolished 2-teacher design
Kingston School 1926-27 unknown - along Rt. 29 standing, derelict 2 Teacher EW Nashville 20
Lawyers School 1923-24 off Leesville Road, exact location unknown demolished 2-teacher design; Location unknown: "drive on Leesville Rad and pass Sunburst, the school was near a mulch place or company"[2]
Leets School 1926-27 vicinity of 1299 Stage Rd, Concord, VA 24538

37°23′37″N 79°02′19″W / 37.39359°N 79.03873°W / 37.39359; -79.03873 (Leets School)

Concord burned down 2-teacher design; in the Leets community off Stage Road, get to top of hill, turn right near quarry. There is now a gate on the left where the school was located.
Lynch Station School 1923-24 vicinity of 900 Lynch Mill Rd

37°08′45″N 79°17′45″W / 37.14583°N 79.2959°W / 37.14583; -79.2959 (Lynch Station School)

Altavista demolished 1-teacher design
Megginson School 1922-23 136 Spinoza Circle

37°23′26″N 79°06′07″W / 37.39051°N 79.10196°W / 37.39051; -79.10196 (Megginson School)

Lynchburg standing, community center 2 Teacher EW Nashville 20; The privy still stands behind the school
Nelson School 1926-27 Border Street off Candlers Mtn Road

37°22′11″N 79°10′49″W / 37.36978°N 79.18028°W / 37.36978; -79.18028 (Nelson School)

Lynchburg demolished 2-teacher design;
New Chapel School 1925-26 1934 New Chapel Rd

37°14′39″N 79°01′09″W / 37.24421°N 79.01906°W / 37.24421; -79.01906 (New Chapel School)

Rustburg demolished 2-teacher design
Rustburg School (County Training School) 1922-23 1470 Village Highway

37°16′35″N 79°05′23″W / 37.27638°N 79.0897°W / 37.27638; -79.0897 (Rustburg School (County Training School))

Rustburg standing, storage 4-teacher design; a complex of structures known as "The Hill" contains 5 structures, 4 of which are historic (industrial buildings circa 1925), with Rosenwald funding connections. Rustburg school was expanded 7 years after 1922 construction; a 3-room school was added to the site in 1930-31, with Rosenwald funding as well

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 d "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.