Jump to content

User:Wikipelli/RosenwaldSchools/Rosenwald Schools in Mecklenburg County, Virginia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Location of Mecklenburg County in Virginia

Rosenwald Schools

[edit]

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 Mecklenburg County, Virginia

[edit]
Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Black Ridge (Blackridge) School 1928-29 Blackridge road south of Tolbert Road

36°37′36″N 78°03′48″W / 36.62656°N 78.06339°W / 36.62656; -78.06339 (Black Ridge School)

Black Ridge demolished 3-teacher design; Blackridge road south of Tolbert Road in Blackridge Community
Bracey School 1926-27 3906 State Rte 903

36°35′39″N 78°08′17″W / 36.59416°N 78.13816°W / 36.59416; -78.13816 (Bracey School)

Bracey standing, community center 3 Teacher NS Nashville 3B; Bracey School is also named the Carroll Boyd School[2]
Cook School 1928-29 unknown

vicinity of 36°40′44″N 78°09′19″W / 36.67897°N 78.15522°W / 36.67897; -78.15522 (Cook School)

South Hill demolished 1-teacher design; Off Trinity Church Road, north of Boxwood Road, south of South Hill
Cotton Creek School 1926-27 800 Mineral Springs Rd

36°34′21″N 78°14′15″W / 36.57242°N 78.23751°W / 36.57242; -78.23751 (Cotton Creek School)

Boydton standing, community center 3 Teacher EW Nashville 3
Mecklenburg County Training School 1925-26 East Virginia Street east of South Mecklenburg Ave

36°43′23″N 78°07′46″W / 36.72316°N 78.12931°W / 36.72316; -78.12931 (Mecklenburg County Training School)

South Hill demolished 6-teacher design
Finchley School Chandler Road

36°38′59″N 78°30′02″W / 36.64985°N 78.50061°W / 36.64985; -78.50061 (Finchley School)

Clarksville standing (2018) 3-teacher design;
Finneywood School 1925-26 unknown

vicinity of 36°50′00″N 78°29′50″W / 36.833310°N 78.497333°W / 36.833310; -78.497333 (Finneywood School)

Chase City demolished 1-teacher design
Love School 1923-24 2680 VA-92

36°42′20″N 78°24′27″W / 36.70556°N 78.40757°W / 36.70556; -78.40757 (Love School)

Boydton standing, vacant 1 Teacher EW Nashville 1
North View School 1923-24 279 Saffold Road

36°46′59″N 78°14′23″W / 36.78306°N 78.2397°W / 36.78306; -78.2397 (North View School)

South Hill standing, residence 2 Teacher B NS Nashville 2C
Piney Grove School 1925-26 Country Club Drive between Sweetwater Road and Cemetery Rd

36°47′08″N 78°24′53″W / 36.78566°N 78.41463°W / 36.78566; -78.41463 (Piney Grove School)

Chase City demolished
Plank Road School 1923-24 75 Wilson Road

36°45′24″N 78°04′22″W / 36.75679°N 78.07271°W / 36.75679; -78.07271 (Plank Road School)

Broadnax standing, residence 2 Teacher B NS Nashville 2C; The school stands off of Wilson Road, south of Rte 1, approx 3 miles east of South Hill; 1-story, two-teacher wood- framed school on brick piers; well behind school
Roanoke School 1925-26 3300 Paschall Rd

36°34′04″N 78°11′18″W / 36.56791°N 78.18844°W / 36.56791; -78.18844 (Roanoke School)

Boydton standing, community center 2 Teacher B NS Nashville 2C; located behind Roanoke Chapel United Church of Christ; A 1-story brick building was built ca. 1950s to the immediate west of the original church build; The Roanoke School is a 2 Teacher Community School
Rocky Mount School 1925-26 unknown

vicinity of 36°43′29″N 78°28′24″W / 36.72486°N 78.47324°W / 36.72486; -78.47324 (Rocky Mount School)

Skipwith demolished Burned on Christmas morning 1925.
Shiloh School 1923-24 Phillis Road near Eastland Creek Road

vicinity of 36°36′48″N 78°21′37″W / 36.61337°N 78.36028°W / 36.61337; -78.36028 (Shiloh School)

Boydton demolished 2-teacher design; Shiloh Baptist Church was on Phyllis Road in Boydton next to the lake (now). The school was down the road - Documenting the Shiloh School
Shop at South Hill (County Training School) 1927-28 East Virginia Street east of South Mecklenburg Ave

36°43′23″N 78°07′45″W / 36.72315°N 78.12921°W / 36.72315; -78.12921 (Shop at South Hill (C.T.S.))

South Hill demolished
St. Johns School 1926-27 corner of Palmer Springs Road and Son Talley Road

36°34′12″N 78°13′04″W / 36.56993°N 78.21784°W / 36.56993; -78.21784 (St. Johns School)

Boydton demolished
Whittles Grove School 1925-26 1211 Whittles Mill Road

36°46′46″N 78°09′58″W / 36.77945°N 78.16617°W / 36.77945; -78.16617 (Whittles Grove School)

South Hill standing, residence 2 Teacher A NS Nashville 20A

References

[edit]
  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.