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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 Westmoreland County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Frog Hall School 1928-29 Tucker Hill and Sandy Point Road

38°03′52″N 76°33′32″W / 38.06436°N 76.55893°W / 38.06436; -76.55893 (Frog Hall School)

Sandy Point demolished two-room Rosenwald School, located near the intersection of Sandy Point Road & Tucker Hill Road, known as Old Yeocomico Road. Name changed in 1937 to Sandy Point School.
Kobbs school 1917-20 unknown demolished
Montross School 1923-24 14531 Kings Highway

38°05′58″N 76°50′50″W / 38.09944°N 76.84723°W / 38.09944; -76.84723 (Montross School)

Montross demolished
Potomac School 1922-23 6099 Nomini Hall Road

38°03′40″N 76°40′06″W / 38.06117°N 76.66847°W / 38.06117; -76.66847 (Potomac School)

Hague demolished 3-room school was operational from 1930-1937
Templemans School 1921-22 3984 Neenah Road

38°03′36″N 76°45′06″W / 38.05998°N 76.7516°W / 38.05998; -76.7516 (Templemans School)

Montross demolished
Zion School 1927-28 near 1274 Zion Church Road

38°04′12″N 76°36′39″W / 38.06993°N 76.61087°W / 38.06993; -76.61087 (Zion School)

Kinsale demolished 1943 Yeocomico USGS has school at intersection of Wigwam Road and Tucker Road

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.