Mount Sinai School Explained

Mount Sinai School should not be confused with Sinai School.

Mount Sinai School
Location:1820 County Road 57, Prattville, Alabama
Coordinates:32.5502°N -86.5452°W
Built:1919
Architect:W.A. Hazel
Added:November 29, 2001
Mpsub:The Rosenwald School Building Fund and Associated Buildings Multiple Property Submission
Refnum:01001296
Designated Other1 Name:Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
Designated Other1 Abbr:ARLH
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. CDE5B2
Designated Other1 Link:Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
Designated Other1 Date:February 2, 2001

The Mount Sinai School is a historic Rosenwald School in rural Autauga County, Alabama, US, northwest of Prattville. The one-story frame building was built in 1919 to the designs of W.A. Hazel to serve the local African American community. The money to build it was provided by the Julius Rosenwald Fund. The school was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on February 2, 2001.[1] It was subsequently listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 2001, as a part of The Rosenwald School Building Fund and Associated Buildings Multiple Property Submission.

The school was founded in c. 1891 while holding classes in the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, and had its first building financed by the students’ parents. The original building was located between the church and the train station in Booth. The original building was blown down in an assumed storm, and the school relocated back to the church before the building was rebuilt at its current site. As of 2001, it is owned by the Mt. Sinai Community Center.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage . 4 June 2009 . Alabama Historical Commission . www.preserveala.org . 22 January 2009.