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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 Henrico County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Fair Oaks School 1925-26 201 Jennings Rd

37°32′02″N 77°19′14″W / 37.53397°N 77.32049°W / 37.53397; -77.32049 (Fair Oaks School)

Highland Springs demolished Fair Oaks Elementary built on site
Gravel Hill School 1931-32 5417 Longbridge Road

37°26′13″N 77°15′20″W / 37.43682°N 77.25555°W / 37.43682; -77.25555 (Gravel Hill School)

Henrico standing, community center
Quioccasin School 1922-23 1400 Pemberton Rd

37°36′30″N 77°34′47″W / 37.60845°N 77.57973°W / 37.60845; -77.57973 (Quioccasin School)

Richmond demolished 3-teacher school; likely located at the current site of Pemberton Elementary, at the corner of Quioccasin and Pemberton Roads
Virginia Randolph School 1929-30 2206 Mountain Rd

37°39′41″N 77°28′55″W / 37.66134°N 77.48188°W / 37.66134; -77.48188 (Virginia Randolph School)

Glen Allen standing, school ten teacher plan; Academy at Virginia Randolph

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.