List of Rosenwald schools explained

This is a list of some of the 5,000 Rosenwald Schools built across the South from Texas to Virginia and from Florida to Oklahoma. There once were 5,000 or so Rosenwald Schools in the United States, primarily serving Black Americans. At least 58 of these schools are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Notable examples listed by state include:

Alabama

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
Bibb County Training School1900 built
1975 ARLH-listed
Centreville, AlabamaFormerly Centreville Industrial School[1]
Chilton County Training School1924 built
2007 ARLH-listed
Clanton, Alabama
Emory School1915 built
1998 NRHP-listed
Hale County, Alabama
Merritt Rosenwald School1922 built
1998 NRHP-listed
Midway, Alabama
Mobile County Training School1880 built
1912, received Rosenwald Fund
800 Whitley St.
30.7389°N -88.0569°W
Mobile, AlabamaMCTS is one of the last remaining active Rosenwald Schools.
Mount Sinai School1919 built
2001 NRHP-listed
2001 ARLH-listed
1820 County Road 57Autauga County, Alabama
New Hope Rosenwald School1915 built
2001 NRHP-listed
32.9433°N -85.2856°WFredonia, Alabama
Oak Grove School1925 built
1998 NRHP-listed
32.5467°N -87.68°WNear Prairieville, Alabama
Pickensville Rosenwald School built
2010 ARLH-listed
254 Jim Locke RoadPickensville, Alabama
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and Rosenwald School
2010 NRHP-listed
2006 ARLH-listed
near 7794 Highway 81Notasulga, Alabama
Tankersley Rosenwald School1922 built
2009 NRHP-listed
Hope Hull, Alabama

Arkansas

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
Bigelow Rosenwald School1926 built
2004 NRHP-listed
Jct. of AR 60 and Bethel AME Rd.
35.075°N -92.5653°W
Toad Suck, Arkansas
Dallas County Training School High School Building1931 built
2004 NRHP-listed
934 Center StreetFordyce, Arkansas
Malvern Rosenwald School1929 built2005 NRHP-listed836 Acme Street
34.3625°N -92.8217°W
Malvern, Arkansas
Mt. Olive Rosenwald School1927 built
2004 NRHP-listed
Bradley Rd. 45
33.4281°N -92.0592°W
Mount Olive, Bradley County, ArkansasIncludes Colonial Revival architecture
Oak Grove Rosenwald School1926 built
2004 NRHP-listed
Oak Grove RdOak Grove, Arkansas
1938 built
1990 NRHP-listed
34.0369°N -93.4547°Wnear Delight, Arkansas
Selma Rosenwald School1924 built
2006 NRHP-listed
Selma-Collins Rd.Selma, Arkansas

Florida

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
Booker Grammar School1825 builtLemon Avenue and 7th StreetSarasota, Floridaformerly known as Sarasota Grammar School, and later moved to Emma E. Booker Elementary School[2]
Cocoa Junior High School1824 built
2019 NRHP-listed
307 Blake AvenueCocoa, Florida
Dunbar Schoolbecame William Stevens School and expanded to include William Stevens High School[3]
Milner-Rosenwald Academy1926 built
2009 Florida Historic Marker
1560 Highland StreetMount Dora, Florida
Okahumpka Rosenwald School1929 built
2022 NRHP-listed
27908 Virgil Hawkins CircleOkahumpka, Florida
Orange City Colored School1925 built
2003 NRHP-listed
200 E. Blue Springs AvenueOrange City, Florida[4]
Pompano Colored School1928 built718 NW Sixth StreetPompano Beach, Floridademolished in 1972 and the site is now Coleman Park
Salem SchoolGadsden County, Florida[5]
Sarasota Grammar SchoolQuincy, Florida[6]
The Rosenwald School624 Bay Street (now Avenue)Panama City, FloridaBuilding stands but is not in use as a school.[7] No relation to current Rosenwald High School in Panama City.

Georgia (U.S. state)

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
Beulah Rucker House-School1915 built1995 NRHP-listedGainesville, Georgia
Cusseta Industrial High School2011 NRHP-listed113 Sandy RoadCusseta, Georgia
Dewberry SchoolRossville, Georgia[8]
Eleanor Roosevelt School1936 built
2010 NRHP-listed
350 Parham StreetWarm Springs, Georgiaalso known as the Eleanor Roosevelt Vocational School for Colored Youth, and Warm Springs Negro School[9]
1924 built Scottdale, GeorgiaFormerly Avondale Colored School, and Avondale Elementary and High School
Hiram Colored School1930 built2001 NRHP-listedHiram, Georgia
Thomas Jefferson Elder High and Industrial School1927–1928 built
1981 NRHP-listed
316 Hall StreetSandersville, Georgia

Kentucky

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
Cadentown School built
1917 Rosenwald Fund
705 Caden LaneLexington, Kentucky
Cedar Grove Rosenwald School1928 built
2002 NRHP-listed
Olmstead, Kentucky
1929 built465 Price RoadLexington, Kentucky
Mays Lick Negro School1921 built
2018 NRHP-listed
5003 Raymond RoadMays Lick, Kentucky
Rosenwald School1926 built
1963 closed[10]
Fulton, Kentucky
Union Station School (Paducah, Kentucky)1928 built
2011 NRHP-listed
3138 Roosevelt Drive (also known as 3138 Flagman St.)Paducah, Kentucky[11]

Louisiana

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
Community Rosenwald School1928–1929 built
2009 NRHP-listed
460 State Rte 3015Grand Cane, LouisianaNRHP-listed
Beauregard Parish Training School1911 founded
1929 built (2nd building)
1996 NRHP-listed
DeRidder, Louisiana
Longstreet Rosenwald School1924 built
2009 NRHP-listed
Longstreet, LouisianaNRHP-listed
Plaisance Rosenwald School1921 built
2004 NRHP-listed
3264 LA 167Plaisance, LouisianaNRHP-listed[12]
Rosenwald High School1922 builtNew Roads, Louisianaformerly New Roads High School

Maryland

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
Freetown Rosenwald School1924 built
2007 NRHP-listed
7825 Freetown Rd.
39.1408°N -76.5772°W
Glen Burnie, Maryland
Galesville Rosenwald School1929 built916 West Benning Rd.Galesville, Maryland
Highland Park SchoolPrince George's County, Marylandhad been in continuous use by the school system, and was renovated for a Headstart Center.
Lula G. Scott Community Center1921 built
2009 NRHP-listed
6243 Shady Side Rd.
39.8356°N -76.5136°W
Shady Side, Maryland
Marley Neck Rosenwald School1927 built
2005 NRHP–listed
7780 Solley RoadAnne Arundel County, Maryland
Norbeck School1927 builtMontgomery County, MarylandLocally designated historic site on Montgomery County's Master Plan for Historic Preservation
Queenstown Rosenwald School1932 built
2009 NRHP-listed
430 Queenstown Rd.
39.1449°N -76.6524°W
Severn, Maryland
1927 built8507 Central AvenueCapitol Heights, Marylandofficially Colored School No. 1 of Prince George's County, now a museum.[13] [14]
San Domingo School1919 built
2007 NRHP-listed
11526 Old School Rd.
38.5108°N -75.7228°W
Sharptown, MarylandAlso known as the Sharptown Colored School and Prince Hall Masons Unity Lodge No. 73 and now the San Domingo Community and Cultural Center.

Mississippi

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
George Washington Carver High School1919 builtPicayune, MississippiFormerly Pearl River County Training School
1927 built200 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Drive WStarkville, MississippiFormerly Oktibbeha County Training School
J.W. Randolph School1928 built
2006 MS Landmark
315 Clark AvenuePass Christian, MississippiSince 2000, the building was no longer used as a school
1928 builtDrew, Mississippi[15] [16]
Sherman Line Rosenwald School1928 built
2017 NRHP-listed
3021 Sherman Church RoadMagnolia, Mississippi[17]

North Carolina

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
Atkins High School1931 built
1999 NRHP-listed
1215 N. Cameron Ave.
36.1108°N -80.2214°W
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Billingsville School1927 built
1999 NRHP-listed
3100 Leroy St.
35.1961°N -80.8083°W
Charlotte, North Carolina
1926 built
1993 NRHP-listed
414 Watkins St.
35.7106°N -79.8039°W
Asheboro, North Carolina
Coinjock Colored School1920 built
2013 NRHP-listed
4358 Caratoke Hwy.
36.3628°N -78.6011°W
Coinjock, North Carolina[18]
Concord School1922 built
2018 NRHP-listed
645 Walter Grissom Rd.
36.1631°N -78.3797°W
near Kittrell, North Carolina
Harnett County Training School1922 built
1956 closed
2014 NRHP-listed
610 E. Johnson St.
35.3111°N -78.6006°W
Dunn, North Carolina[19]
J.C. Price High School1931–1932 built
2010 NRHP-listed
1300-1400 W. Bank St.
35.6769°N -80.4853°W
Salisbury, North Carolina
Liberia School1921–1922 built
2005 NRHP-listed
4.5 miles S of Warrenton, Sw side of NC 58
36.3617°N -78.1008°W
Warrenton, North Carolina
Liberty Hill School (Ellerbe, North Carolina)1930 built
2008 NRHP-listed
234 Covington Comm. Rd.
35.1375°N -79.8667°W
near Ellerbe, North Carolina
Lincoln Park School1922 built
1997 NRHP-listed
1272 S. Currant St.
35.085°N -78.4736°W
Pinebluff, North Carolina
Morgan School1925–1926 built
2006 NRHP-listed
7427 Winters Rd.
35.8217°N -78.1372°W
Bailey, North Carolina
Orange County Training School1924 built350 Caldwell StreetChapel Hill, North Carolinalater known as Lincoln High School (1948–1966)
Panther Branch School1926 built
2001 NRHP-listed
NC 2727, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of NC 183
35.6331°N -78.6411°W
near Raleigh, North Carolina
Princeton Graded School1925–1926 built
2005 NRHP-listed
601-611 W. Edwards St.
35.4697°N -78.1686°W
Princeton, North Carolina
Reid's Grove School1927 built
2011 NRHP-listed
931 Main St.
36.4178°N -78.7581°W
near Gatesville, North Carolina[20]
Riley Hill School1928 built
2001 NRHP-listed
NC 2320, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) east of NC 2318
35.8594°N -78.4164°W
Wendell, North Carolina
Russell School (Durham, North Carolina)1926–1927 built
2009 NRHP-listed
2001 St. Mary's Rd.
36.1233°N -78.9458°W
near Durham, North Carolina
Siloam School1920 built
2007 NRHP-listed
W side of Mallard Highlands Dr, Approx. 0.25 mi. S from jct. of John Adams Rd.,
35.3361°N -80.7389°W
Charlotte, North Carolina
Snow Hill Colored High School1925 built
2003 NRHP-listed
602A W. Harper St.
35.4494°N -77.3478°W
Snow Hill, North Carolinaalso known as Greene County Colored Training School and Rosenwald Center for Cultural Enrichment
1922 built
2001 NRHP-listed
US 401, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northeast of NC 2213
35.8603°N -78.5614°W
near Raleigh, North Carolina
Sunshine School202 Hairston StreetEden, North Carolina
Walnut Cove Colored School1921 built
1995 NRHP-listed
Jct. of Brook and Dalton Sts., NW corner
36.3033°N -80.1442°W
Walnut Cove, North Carolinawon an award for its rehabilitation for use as a senior citizens' community center
Ware Creek School1921 built
1996 NRHP-listed
East side of NC 1103, .3 miles southeast of junction with NC 1112
35.42°N -76.9386°W
Blounts Creek, North Carolina
Warren County Training School1931 built
2006 NRHP-listed
East side of NC 1300, 0.8 N of NC 1372
36.5156°N -78.1664°W
Wise, North Carolina
W. E. B. DuBois School1926 built
1993 NRHP-listed
536 Franklin St.
35.985°N -78.5011°W
Wake Forest, North Carolina
Williamston Colored School1930–1931 built
2014 NRHP-listed
705 Washington St.
35.8458°N -77.0606°W
Williamston, North Carolina[21]
Zachariah School1920 built
2005 NRHP-listed
NC 1239, 0.6 miles South of NC 1244
35.5244°N -77.6981°W
Greene County, North Carolina

Oklahoma

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
Arbeka Rosenwald School1929 builtArbeka, OklahomaAlso known as "Arbeka U.G. School #1"[22]
Douglass School1907 built
2008 NRHP-listed
2011 closed
Lawton, OklahomaAlso known as "Fredrick Douglass School"[23]
Kiowa County Sep. #1Hobart, Oklahoma
Lincoln Grade SchoolLehigh, Oklahoma
Pleasant Hill SchoolMcCurtain County, Oklahoma
Lima Rosenwald School1921 built
1966 closed
1984 NRHP-listed
College StreetLima, Oklahoma
Union SchoolStella, Oklahoma

South Carolina

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
Carroll Rosenwald School1929 built
2018 NRHP-listed
Rock Hill, South CarolinaNRHP-listed
Catawba Rosenwald School1924-25 built
2013 NRHP-listed
3071 South Anderson RoadCatawba, South CarolinaNRHP-listed
Great Branch Teacherage1924–1925 built
2007 NRHP-listed
Orangeburg, South CarolinaNRHP-listed
Hannah Rosenwald School1924 built
2009 NRHP-listed
2890 Neeses HighwayNewberry, South CarolinaNRHP-listed
Hope Rosenwald School1925–1926 built
2007 NRHP-listed
1971 Hope Station Rd.
34.2706°N -81.3644°W
Near Pomaria, South CarolinaHas Colonial Revival architecture. Will be used as a community center
Hopewell Rosenwald School1926 built
2010 NRHP-listed
Near Clarks Hill, South Carolina
Howard Junior High School1925 built
2006 NRHP-listed
431 Shiloh St.Prosperity, South Carolina
Mt. Zion Rosenwald School1925 built
2001 NRHP-listed
Near Florence, South Carolina
Pine Grove Rosenwald School1923 built
2009 NRHP-listed
937 Piney Woods Rd.Columbia, South Carolina
Retreat Rosenwald School1923 built
2011 NRHP-listed
Westminster, South CarolinaNRHP-listed

Tennessee

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
Allen-White School2010 NRHP-listedWhiteville, Tennessee
Cairo Rosenwald School1922 built
1996 NRHP-listed
Zieglers Fort Rd., approximately 2.5 mi. S of TN 25
36.3633°N -86.3636°W
Cairo, Tennessee
1911 founded
1928 built
301 Louis StreetKingsport, Tennessee
Durham's Chapel School1923 built
2006 NRHP-listed
5055 Old TN 31EBethpage, Tennessee
Free Hills Rosenwald School1929 built
1996 NRHP-listed
Free Hills Rd., E of TN 52
36.5636°N -85.4897°W
Free Hill, TennesseeFree Hills Community Center in Free Hill, Tennessee. Free Hill is also known as Free Hills.
Gibson County Training School1926 built
2012 NRHP-listed
1041 Harris StreetMilan, Tennessee
Lincoln School1925 built
1993 NRHP-listed
Pikeville, Tennessee
Pasquo School1927 built8534 Lewis RoadNashville, TennesseeAs of 2018, a private residence

Texas

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
Annie E. Colbert Rosenwald School1927 built
231 S Colbert Street
30.0461°N -94.8792°W
Dayton, Texas
Hopewell School1922 built
2015 NRHP-listed
690 State Highway 21 West
30.0986°N -97.4613°W
Cedar Creek, Texas
Lockhart Vocational High School1923 built
1998 NRHP-listed
1104 E. Market St.
29.8858°N -97.6631°W
Lockhart, Texas
Pleasant Hill School1925 built
2004 NRHP-listed
2722 Farm Rd. 1399
33.0531°N -94.3961°W
Linden, Texas
Sweet Home Vocational and Agricultural High School1924 built
1998 NRHP-listed
10 mi (16 km). S of Seguin on Sweet Home Rd.
29.4611°N -98.0392°W
Seguin, Texas

Virginia

Name ImageDatesLocationCity, StateDescription
Buckingham Training School1932 built245 Camden StreetDillwyn, Virginia
Courtland School built
2016 NRHP-listed
25499 Florence StreetCourtland, Virginia
Dry Bridge School1928 built
2009 NRHP-listed2008 Virginia Landmarks Register-listed
1005 Jordan StreetMartinsville, Virginia
East Suffolk Elementary School1926–1927 built
2003 NRHP-listed
231 S. 7th St.
36.725°N -76.5642°W
Suffolk, Virginia
Fauquier Training School1923 built
1938 burned down
2715 Dogtown RdGoochland, VirginiaReplaced by Central High School at 2748 Dogtown Rd.
First Union School (Crozier, Virginia)1926 built
2009 NRHP-listed
1522 Old Mill RdCrozier, Virginia
Greensville County Training School1929 built
2005 VLR-listed
2006 NRHP-listed
105 Ruffin StreetEmporia, VirginiaFormerly Greensville County Learning Center
Martinsville Training School1871 built
1920 Rosenwald Fund
Martinsville, VirginiaThe Ruffner Institute, later known as Martinsville High School
Nansemond County Training School1924 built
2004 NRHP-listed
9307 Southwestern Blvd.
36.6394°N -76.8044°W
Suffolk, Virginia
1923–1924 built
1998 VLR-listed
1998 NRHP-listed
Jct. of Rtes. 608 and 632Red Oak, Virginia
Scrabble School1921–1922 built
2007 NRHP-listed
111 Scrabble Rd.
38.5839°N -78.1494°W
Castleton, Virginia
Second Union School1918 built
2006 NRHP-listed
2787 Hadensville Fife Rd.
37.7644°N -78.0528°W
Goochland, Virginia
1925 built
2009 VLR-listed
2009 NRHP-listed
Louisa County, Virginia
St. John Rosenwald School1920s buit1569 St. John Rd.Albemarle County, VirginiaIn 2023, now the St. John Family Life and Fitness Center, Gordonsville.[24]
1917 built
2003 VLR-listed
2004 NRHP-listed
Brunswick Drive at I-85Meredithville, Virginia
Switchback School1924–1925 built
2013 VLR-listed
2013 NRHP-listed
210 Pinehurst Heights Roadnear Hot Springs, VirginiaFormerly Union Hurst School
Washington Graded School1923–1924 built
2019 NRHP-listed
267 Piedmont Avenue
38.7131°N -78.1647°W
Washington, Virginia
1923 built
2003 VLR-listed
2004 NRHP-listed
4310 George Washington Memorial HighwayOrdinary, Virginia

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ellison, Rhoda C. . Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years . 1999-02-17 . University of Alabama Press . 978-0-8173-0987-9 . 213 . en.
  2. Web site: 1925-12-02 . The Rosenwald Foundation . 2024-07-26 . New Town Alive . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2017-03-26 . Historic High School Building in Quincy Goes Up in Flames . 2024-07-26 . WTXL ABC 27 Tallahassee News . en.
  4. Web site: 2003 . Orange City Colored School . NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.
  5. Web site: West Gadsden Historical Society, Inc. . 2024-07-26 . West Gadsden Historical Society, Inc. . en-US.
  6. Web site: Rosenwald School building - Quincy, Florida. . Florida Memory . Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
  7. Web site: 2020-12-08 . Guide to African-American Heritage Landmarks and Historic Sites in Florida . 2023-10-01 . www.visitflorida.com . en.
  8. Web site: Ciomek . Summer Anne . The History, Architecture, and Preservation of Rosenwald Schools in Georgia . 5 July 2023.
  9. Web site: April 16, 2010 . Eleanor Roosevelt School, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, NPS Form 10-900 . United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
  10. https://fultonkysafricanamericanrailroaders.weebly.com/schools.html Fulton Teachers & Schools: Rosenwald School History, 1926-1963
  11. Web site: August 19, 2011 . National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Union Station School . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422164726/http://heritage.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/B6E007F9-7B47-4F31-ACD0-CECCB04ABB45/0/UnionStationSchoolPaducah.pdf . 2012-04-22 . NRHP.
  12. Web site: August 23, 2004 . Plaisance School . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219090213/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/7783c427-a47a-40dc-a28e-fcd58ca6ee96 . February 19, 2024 . February 19, 2024 . National Register Of Historic Places Nomination Form.
  13. News: Karen Heller . The Enlightening Legacy of the Rosenwald Schools . . August 30, 2015 ., including this photo of exterior
  14. http://history.pgparks.com/sites_and_museums/Ridgeley_Rosenwald_School/History.htm Ridgley Rosenwald School History
  15. Web site: 2008-06-04 . The Restoration of the Li'l Red Schoolhouse . 2023-10-03 . WKNO FM . en.
  16. Web site: July 30, 2022 . Sprucing Up Little Red Schoolhouse . The Enterprise Tocsin.
  17. Web site: Sherman Line Rosenwald School . NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.
  18. Web site: 2013-01-18 . National Register of Historic Places Listings . Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/07/13 through 1/11/13 . National Park Service.
  19. Web site: 2014-08-29 . National Register of Historic Places Listings . Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/18/14 through 8/23/14 . National Park Service.
  20. Web site: 2011-09-09 . National Register of Historic Places Listings . Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/29/11 through 9/02/11 . National Park Service.
  21. Web site: 2014-08-01 . National Register of Historic Places Listings . Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 7/21/14 through 7/25/14 . National Park Service.
  22. Web site: Rosenwald School Survey: Arbeka UG School #1 . Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory.
  23. Book: Irvin, Dona L. . The Unsung Heart of Black America: A Middle-class Church at Midcentury . 1992 . University of Missouri Press . 978-0-8262-0902-3 . 38 . en.
  24. Web site: Mitchell . Amaya . 2023-11-11 . St. John Rosenwald School holds grand opening celebration . 2023-12-31 . 29news.com . en.