Retreat Rosenwald School Explained

Retreat Rosenwald School
Location:	150 Pleasant Hill Cir., Westminster, South Carolina
Coordinates:	34.6411°N -83.0639°W
Area:	less than one acre
Built:	1924
Added:	September 15, 2011
Mpsub:	Rosenwald School Building Program in South Carolina, 1917-1932
Refnum:	11000676^[1]

Retreat Rosenwald School, also known as the Retreat Colored School, is a historic Rosenwald School located at Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina.

It was built in 1924, and is a one-story, T-shaped, two-teacher community school. The building has three main rooms consisting of two classrooms and an industrial room in the forward-projecting wing. The school closed in 1950.^{[2] [3]}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-09-23 . Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/12/11 through 9/16/11 . National Park Service.
2. Web site: Helen Rosemond-Saunders and Evan Kutzler. Retreat Rosenwald School . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 2011 . pdf . June 29, 2014.
3. Web site: Retreat Rosenwald School, Oconee County (150 Pleasant Hill Cir., Westminster vicinity). National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . June 29, 2014.