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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 Gloucester County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Bena-Hayes School 1922-23 8032 Guinea Rd (vicinity)

37°16′22″N 76°28′54″W / 37.27265°N 76.48154°W / 37.27265; -76.48154 (Bena-Hayes School)

Hayes demolished Four-teacher design
Bethel School 1922-23 corner of Native American Trail & Hickory Fork Rd

37°24′51″N 76°36′36″W / 37.41403°N 76.60991°W / 37.41403; -76.60991 (Bethel School)

Gloucester demolished Four-teacher design
Gloucester County Training School 1920-21 6099 TC Walker Road

37°22′44″N 76°30′30″W / 37.37898°N 76.50826°W / 37.37898; -76.50826 (Gloucester County Training School)

Gloucester demolished Six-teacher design
James Store School 1923-24 unknown

37°27′54″N 76°26′42″W / 37.46503°N 76.445°W / 37.46503; -76.445 (James Store School)

James Store demolished Two-teacher design
Purton School 1924-25 8044 Pinetta Rd

37°26′06″N 76°38′21″W / 37.43509°N 76.63908°W / 37.43509; -76.63908 (Purton School)

Gloucester demolished Two-teacher design
Teachers' Home at County Training School 1923-24 6099 TC Walker Road

37°22′44″N 76°30′30″W / 37.37898°N 76.50826°W / 37.37898; -76.50826 (Teachers' Home at County Training School)

Gloucester demolished
Woodville School 1923-24 4310 George Washington Memorial Hwy

37°19′30″N 76°30′54″W / 37.32506°N 76.51506°W / 37.32506; -76.51506 (Woodville School)

York standing, vacant 2 Teacher A NS Nashville 20A; Currently under restoration

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.