Freetown Rosenwald School
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Freetown Rosenwald School | |
 Freetown Rosenwald School, December 2009 | |
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| Location | 7825 Freetown Rd., Glen Burnie, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°8′27″N 76°34′38″W / 39.14083°N 76.57722°WCoordinates: 39°8′27″N 76°34′38″W / 39.14083°N 76.57722°W |
| Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
| Built | 1924 |
| Architectural style | Rosenwald Two Room Shop-B |
| MPS | Rosenwald Schools of Anne Arundel County, Maryland MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 07000943[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 12, 2007 |
Freetown Rosenwald School is a historic Rosenwald school building in the historic African American community of Freetown at Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is a simple, one-story, gable-roofed, rectangular frame building. The exterior walls are sheathed in aluminum siding and the gable roof is covered with asphalt shingles and displays minimal overhang. It was built in 1924-25, by the school construction program of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, to serve the local African American community. It is one of ten Rosenwald Schools surviving in Anne Arundel County.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Lillie Caldwell (January 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Freetown Rosenwald School" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
- Freetown Rosenwald School, Anne Arundel County, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Freetown Community Association website
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