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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 Nansemond County, Virginia

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(note: Nansemond is an extinct jurisdiction that was located south of the James River in Virginia Colony and in the Commonwealth of Virginia (after statehood) in the United States, from 1646 until 1974. It was known as Nansemond County until 1972. From 1972 to 1974, a period of eighteen months, it was the independent city of Nansemond. It is now part of the independent city of Suffolk.)


Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
County Training School 1923-24 9307 Southwestern Boulevard

36°38′16″N 76°48′16″W / 36.63769°N 76.80447°W / 36.63769; -76.80447 (County Training School)

Suffolk standing, vacant 6-teacher style
East Suffolk School 1926-27 134 S. 6th Street

36°43′29″N 76°33′52″W / 36.7248°N 76.5644°W / 36.7248; -76.5644 (East Suffolk School)

Suffolk standing, community center 7-teacher design; on National Register of Historic Places; used by Suffolk Parks and Rec Dept as Community Center
Holland School 1926-27 6501 Cumberland Lane

36°40′39″N 76°46′24″W / 36.67754°N 76.77334°W / 36.67754; -76.77334 (Holland School)

Suffolk standing, residence 1 Teacher EW Nashville 1
Huntersville School 1930-31 across the street from 6121 Old Townpoint Rd

36°52′26″N 76°25′50″W / 36.87391°N 76.43053°W / 36.87391; -76.43053 (Huntersville School)

Suffolk demolished 4-teacher design
Mill Road School 1924-25 3733 Old Mill Road

36°45′21″N 76°42′21″W / 36.75571°N 76.70582°W / 36.75571; -76.70582 (Mill Road School)

Suffolk demolished 3-teacher design
Oakland School 1922-23 5505 Goodwin Blvd

36°50′55″N 76°35′26″W / 36.8485°N 76.59066°W / 36.8485; -76.59066 (Oakland School)

Suffolk demolished 3-teacher design
Saratoga School 1924-25 725 Battery Ave

36°43′18″N 76°35′47″W / 36.72164°N 76.59625°W / 36.72164; -76.59625 (Saratoga School)

Suffolk demolished 3-teacher design
Shoulders Hill School 1820-21 4540 Nansemond Parkway

36°49′27″N 76°29′26″W / 36.82422°N 76.4905°W / 36.82422; -76.4905 (Shoulders Hill School)

Suffolk demolished 5-teacher design; Stood behind the Florence Bowser Elementary until demolished to make way for new school
Whaleyville School 1922-23 132 Robertson Street

36°35′18″N 76°41′22″W / 36.58835°N 76.68938°W / 36.58835; -76.68938 (Whaleyville School)

Suffolk demolished 6-teacher design
Wilroy School 1924-25 2687 Wilroy Road (?)

36°46′21″N 76°32′10″W / 36.77245°N 76.53616°W / 36.77245; -76.53616 (Wilroy School) (vicinity)

Suffolk questioned 3-teacher design; USGS. This may be standing on Milum Road. A church[2]

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.