List of Rosenwald schools

This is a list of notable Rosenwald Schools. There were 5,000 or so Rosenwald Schools in the United States. These primarily served black Americans.

A number of these schools are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

Notable examples include:

Name	Image	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
New Hope Rosenwald School		1915 built 2001 NRHP-listed	32°56′36″N 85°17′8″W / 32.94333°N 85.28556°W	Fredonia, Alabama
Tankersley Rosenwald School		1922 built 2009 NRHP-listed		Hope Hull, Alabama
Oak Grove School		1925 built 1998 NRHP-listed	32°32′48″N 87°40′48″W / 32.54667°N 87.68000°W	Near Prairieville, Alabama
Rosenwald School (Delight, Arkansas)		1938 built 1990 NRHP-listed	34°2′13″N 93°27′17″W / 34.03694°N 93.45472°W	near Delight, Arkansas
Malvern Rosenwald School			836 Acme St. 34°21′45″N 92°49′18″W / 34.36250°N 92.82167°W	Malvern, Arkansas	NRHP-listed[1]
Mt. Olive Rosenwald School		1927 built 2004 NRHP-listed	Bradley Rd. 45 33°25′41″N 92°3′33″W / 33.42806°N 92.05917°W	Mount Olive, Bradley County, Arkansas	Includes Colonial Revival architecture
Oak Grove Rosenwald School				Oak Grove, AR	NRHP-listed[1]
Selma Rosenwald School				Selma, Arkansas	NRHP-listed[1]
Bigelow Rosenwald School		1926 built 2004 NRHP-listed	Jct. of AR 60 and Bethel AME Rd. 35°4′30″N 92°33′55″W / 35.07500°N 92.56528°W	Toad Suck, Arkansas
Cedar Grove Rosenwald School				Olmstead, Kentucky	NRHP-listed[1]
The Rosenwald School			624 Bay Street	Panama City, Florida	Building stands but is not in use as a school. See http://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/articles/2008/july/944-the-rosenwald-school-of-panama-city.html. No relation to current Rosenwald High School.
Rosenwald High School				New Roads, Louisiana
Community Rosenwald School				Louisiana	NRHP-listed[1]
Longstreet Rosenwald School				Louisiana	NRHP-listed[1]
Ridgeley School (officially Colored School No. 1 of Prince George's County)	https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_400w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2015/08/26/Style/Images/ROSENWALD_8731440614531.jpg?uuid=KzzScEwiEeWAwhBup_uA1A	1927 built	8507 Central Avenue	Capitol Heights, Maryland	Now a museum.[2][3]
Queenstown Rosenwald School		1932 built 2009 NRHP-listed	430 Queenstown Rd. 39°8′41.65″N 76°39′8.5″W / 39.1449028°N 76.652361°W	Severn, Maryland
Lula G. Scott Community Center		1921 built 2009 NRHP-listed	6243 Shady Side Rd. 39°50′8.07″N 76°30′48.81″W / 39.8355750°N 76.5135583°W	Shady Side, Maryland
San Domingo School		1919 built 2007 NRHP-listed	11526 Old School Rd. 38°30′39″N 75°43′22″W / 38.51083°N 75.72278°W	Sharptown, Maryland
Freetown Rosenwald School		1924 built 2007 NRHP-listed	7825 Freetown Rd. 39°8′27″N 76°34′38″W / 39.14083°N 76.57722°W	Glen Burnie, Maryland
Highland Park School				Prince George's County, Maryland	had been in continuous use by the school system. It was recently renovated for use as a Headstart Center.
Central School		1926	414 Watkins St. 35°42′38″N 79°48′14″W / 35.71056°N 79.80389°W	Asheboro, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993
Morgan School		1925-1926	7427 Winters Rd. 35°49′18″N 78°8′14″W / 35.82167°N 78.13722°W	Bailey, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006
Ware Creek School		1921	East side of NC 1103, .3 miles southeast of junction with NC 1112 35°25′12″N 76°56′19″W / 35.42000°N 76.93861°W	Blounts Creek, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996
Billingsville School		1927	3100 Leroy St. 35°11′46″N 80°48′30″W / 35.19611°N 80.80833°W	Charlotte, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999
Siloam School		1920	W side of Mallard Highlands Dr, Approx. 0.25 mi. S from jct. of John Adams Rd., 35°20′10″N 80°44′20″W / 35.33611°N 80.73889°W	Charlotte, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007
Coinjock Colored School		1920	4358 Caratoke Hwy. 36°21′46″N 78°36′04″W / 36.36278°N 78.60111°W	Coinjock, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013[4]
Harnett County Training School		1922-1956	610 E. Johnson St. 35°18′40″N 75°58′00″W / 35.31111°N 75.96667°W	Dunn, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014[5]
Russell School (Durham, North Carolina)		1926-1927	2001 St. Mary's Rd. 36°7′24″N 78°56′45″W / 36.12333°N 78.94583°W	near Durham, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009
Liberty Hill School (Ellerbe, North Carolina)		1930	234 Covington Comm. Rd. 35°08′15″N 79°52′00″W / 35.13750°N 79.86667°W	near Ellerbe, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008
Reid's Grove School		1927	931 Main St. 36°25′04″N 78°45′29″W / 36.41778°N 78.75806°W	near Gatesville, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011[6]
Zachariah School		1920	NC 1239, 0.6 miles South of NC 1244 35°31′28″N 77°41′53″W / 35.52444°N 77.69806°W	Greene County, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005
Lincoln Park School		1922	1272 S. Currant St. 35°5′6″N 78°28′25″W / 35.08500°N 78.47361°W	Pinebluff, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997
Princeton Graded School		1925-1926	601-611 W. Edwards St. 35°28′11″N 78°10′07″W / 35.46972°N 78.16861°W	Princeton, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005
Panther Branch School		1926	NC 2727, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of NC 183 35°37′59″N 78°38′28″W / 35.63306°N 78.64111°W	near Raleigh, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001
St. Matthews School (Raleigh, North Carolina)		1922	US 401, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northeast of NC 2213 35°51′37″N 78°33′41″W / 35.86028°N 78.56139°W	near Raleigh, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001
J.C. Price High School		1931-1932	1300-1400 W. Bank St. 35°40′37″N 80°29′07″W / 35.67694°N 80.48528°W	Salisbury, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010
Snow Hill Colored High School		1925	602A W. Harper St. 35°26′58″N 77°20′52″W / 35.44944°N 77.34778°W	Snow Hill, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003
Walnut Cove Colored School		1921	Jct. of Brook and Dalton Sts., NW corner 36°18′12″N 80°08′39″W / 36.30333°N 80.14417°W	Walnut Cove, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995; won a National Preservation Honor Award for its rehabilitation for use as a senior citizens' community center.
W. E. B. DuBois School		1926	536 Franklin St. 35°59′06″N 78°30′04″W / 35.98500°N 78.50111°W	Wake Forest, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
Liberia School		1921-1922	4.5 miles S of Warrenton, Sw side of NC 58 36°21′42″N 78°06′03″W / 36.36167°N 78.10083°W	Warrenton, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
Riley Hill School		1928	NC 2320, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) east of NC 2318 35°51′34″N 78°24′59″W / 35.85944°N 78.41639°W	Wendell, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Williamston Colored School		1930-1931	705 Washington St. 35°50′45″N 77°03′38″W / 35.84583°N 77.06056°W	Williamston, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014[7]
Atkins High School		1931	1215 N. Cameron Ave. 36°06′39″N 80°13′17″W / 36.11083°N 80.22139°W	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999
Warren County Training School		1931	East side of NC 1300, 0.8 N of NC 1372 36°30′56″N 78°09′59″W / 36.51556°N 78.16639°W	Wise, North Carolina	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
Great Branch Teacherage		1924-1925 built 2007 NRHP-listed		Orangeburg, South Carolina	NRHP-listed[1]
Hannah Rosenwald School		1924 built 2009 NRHP-listed	2890 Neeses Highway	Newberry, South Carolina	NRHP-listed[1]
Hope Rosenwald School		1925-26 built 2007 NRHP-listed	1971 Hope Station Rd. 34°16′14″N 81°21′52″W / 34.27056°N 81.36444°W	Near Pomaria, South Carolina	Funded by $700 from Rosenwald Fund, $600 donations from African Americans, $400 donations from white Americans, and $1,200 state and local government funds. Has Colonial Revival architecture. Will be used as a community center, too. NRHP-listed[1]
Hopewell Rosenwald School		1926 built 2010 NRHP-listed		Near Clarks Hill, South Carolina
Howard Junior High School		1925 built 2006 NRHP-listed	431 Shiloh St.	Prosperity, South Carolina
Mt. Zion Rosenwald School		1925 built 2001 NRHP-listed		Near Florence, South Carolina
Pine Grove Rosenwald School		1923 built 2009 NRHP-listed	937 Piney Woods Rd.	Columbia, South Carolina
Retreat Rosenwald School		1923 built 2011 NRHP-listed		Westminster, South Carolina	NRHP-listed[1]
Allen-White School				Whiteville, Tennessee	NRHP-listed[1]
Cairo Rosenwald School		1922 built 1996 NRHP-listed	Zieglers Fort Rd., approximately 2.5 mi. S of TN 25 36°21′48″N 86°21′49″W / 36.36333°N 86.36361°W	Cairo, Tennessee	NRHP-listed[1]
Free Hills Rosenwald School		1929 built 1996 NRHP-listed	Free Hills Rd., E of TN 52 36°33′49″N 85°29′23″W / 36.56361°N 85.48972°W	Free Hill, Tennessee	Free Hills Community Center in Free Hill, Tennessee. Free Hill is also known as Free Hills.
Lincoln School				Pikeville, Tennessee
Hopewell School		1922 built	690 State Highway 21 West 30°05′55″N 97°27′40.5″W / 30.09861°N 97.461250°W	Cedar Creek, Texas	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015
Annie E. Colbert Rosenwald School		1927 built	231 S Colbert Street 30°02′46″N 94°52′45″W / 30.04611°N 94.87917°W	Dayton, Texas
Pleasant Hill School		1925 built 2004 NRHP-listed	2722 Farm Rd. 1399 33°3′11″N 94°23′46″W / 33.05306°N 94.39611°W	Linden, Texas
Lockhart Vocational High School		1923 built	1104 E. Market St. 29°53′09″N 97°39′47″W / 29.88583°N 97.66306°W	Lockhart, Texas	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998
Sweet Home Vocational and Agricultural High School		1924 built	10 mi (16 km). S of Seguin on Sweet Home Rd. 29°27′40″N 98°02′21″W / 29.46111°N 98.03917°W	Seguin, Texas	listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998
Scrabble School		1921-1922 built 2007 NRHP-listed	111 Scrabble Rd. 38°35′02″N 78°8′58″W / 38.58389°N 78.14944°W	Castleton, Virginia	NRHP-listed[1]
Second Union School		1918 built 2006 NRHP-listed	2787 Hadensville Fife Rd. 37°45′52″N 78°3′10″W / 37.76444°N 78.05278°W	Goochland, Virginia	NRHP-listed[1]
East Suffolk Elementary School		1926-1927 built 2003 NRHP-listed	231 S. 7th St. 36°43′30″N 76°33′51″W / 36.72500°N 76.56417°W	Suffolk, Virginia	NRHP-listed[1]
Nansemond County Training School		1924 built 2004 NRHP-listed	9307 Southwestern Blvd. 36°38′22″N 76°48′16″W / 36.63944°N 76.80444°W	Suffolk, Virginia	NRHP-listed[1]

Interior of a Rosenwald School

• Rosenwald Schools in the 21st Century
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  Merritt Rosenwald School in Midway, Alabama

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  Mount Sinai School in Autauga County, Alabama

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  Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and Rosenwald School in Notasulga, Alabama

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  Milner-Rosenwald Academy, Mount Dora, Florida

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  Cusseta Industrial High School in Cusseta, Georgia.

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  Marley Neck Rosenwald School in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

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  Arbeka Rosenwald School in Arbeka, Oklahoma

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  Douglass School in Lawton, Oklahoma

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  Rosenwald Hall in Lima, Oklahoma

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  Kiowa County Sep. #1 in Hobart, Oklahoma

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  Lincoln Grade School in Lehigh, Oklahoma

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  Pleasant Hill School in McCurtain County, Oklahoma

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  Union School in Stella, Oklahoma

San Domingo Community and Cultural Center (SDCCC) Rosenwald School built in 1919 Restoration project: 2004-2014 SDCCC Dedication Ceremony: 8/23/14, 11526 Old School Road, Mardela Springs, MD 21837 NRHP listed. Two-story, three-teacher, Sharptown Colored (Elementary) School. 1919-1957. Sold to community of San Domingo for $10.00. Continuously used as Masonic Lodge meeting hall, daycare center, tutorial center, youth workshops and meeting place for various groups.

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Karen Heller, "The Enlightening Legacy of the Rosenwald Schools", Washington Post, August 30, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-enlightening-legacy-of-the-rosenwald-schools/2015/08/30/946b72ca-4cc6-11e5-bfb9-9736d04fc8e4_story.html
3. http://history.pgparks.com/sites_and_museums/Ridgeley_Rosenwald_School/History.htm
4. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/07/13 through 1/11/13. National Park Service. 2013-01-18.
5. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/18/14 through 8/23/14. National Park Service. 2014-08-29.
6. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/29/11 through 9/02/11. National Park Service. 2011-09-09.
7. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 7/21/14 through 7/25/14. National Park Service. 2014-08-01.