Galesville Rosenwald School Explained

The Galesville Rosenwald School was an elementary school for African-American children in Galesville, Maryland.

The school opened in 1929 with one room, and expanded to two rooms in 1931. It was a Rosenwald school, whose design and construction was funded privately by the Rosenwald Fund.^[1]

It closed in 1956 as schools were racially integrated, and black students were then bussed to other schools. A community group set the building up as a community center.^[2]

The building was restored with grant funding and is now the home of the Galesville Community Center, at 916 West Benning Road in Galesville.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.historicgalesville.org/Rosenwald.html Galesville & the Rosenwald Schools
2. Krista Pfunder. Galesville receives grant for Rosenwald documentary. Bay Weekly
3. http://historicgalesville.org/ Galesville Community Center Organization web site
4. Galesville Community Center Organization. Field Guide to Galesville, p. 25