List of Rosenwald schools

This is a list of notable Rosenwald Schools, from Texas to Virginia, 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	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Bibb County Training School	1900 built 1975 ARLH-listed		Centreville, Alabama	Formerly Centreville Industrial School[1]
Chilton County Training School	1924 built 2007 ARLH-listed		Clanton, Alabama
Merritt Rosenwald School	1922 built 1998 NRHP-listed		Midway, Alabama
Mobile County Training School	1880 built 1912, received Rosenwald Fund	800 Whitley St. 30°44′20″N 88°3′25″W	Mobile, Alabama	MCTS is one of the last remaining active Rosenwald Schools.
Mount Sinai School	1919 built 2001 NRHP-listed 2001 ARLH-listed	1820 County Road 57	Autauga County, Alabama
New Hope Rosenwald School	1915 built 2001 NRHP-listed[2]	32°56′36″N 85°17′8″W	Fredonia, Alabama
Oak Grove School	1925 built 1998 NRHP-listed	32°32′48″N 87°40′48″W	Near Prairieville, Alabama
Pickensville Rosenwald School	c. 1925 built 2010 ARLH-listed	254 Jim Locke Road	Pickensville, Alabama
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and Rosenwald School	c. 1922 2010 NRHP-listed 2006 ARLH-listed	near 7794 Highway 81	Notasulga, Alabama
Tankersley Rosenwald School	1922 built 2009 NRHP-listed		Hope Hull, Alabama

Arkansas

Name	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Bigelow Rosenwald School	1926 built 2004 NRHP-listed	Jct. of AR 60 and Bethel AME Rd. 35°4′30″N 92°33′55″W	Toad Suck, Arkansas
Dallas County Training School High School Building	1931 built 2004 NRHP-listed	934 Center Street	Fordyce, Arkansas
Malvern Rosenwald School	1929 built 2005 NRHP-listed	836 Acme Street 34°21′45″N 92°49′18″W	Malvern, Arkansas	[2]
Mt. Olive Rosenwald School	1927 built 2004 NRHP-listed	Bradley Rd. 45 33°25′41″N 92°3′33″W	Mount Olive, Bradley County, Arkansas	Includes Colonial Revival architecture
Oak Grove Rosenwald School	1926 built 2004 NRHP-listed	Oak Grove Rd	Oak Grove, Arkansas	[2]
Rosenwald School	1938 built 1990 NRHP-listed	34°2′13″N 93°27′17″W	near Delight, Arkansas
Selma Rosenwald School	1924 built 2006 NRHP-listed	Selma-Collins Rd.	Selma, Arkansas	[2]

Florida

Name	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Cocoa Junior High School	1824 built 2019 NRHP-listed	307 Blake Avenue	Cocoa, Florida
Milner-Rosenwald Academy	1926 built 2009 Florida Historic Marker	1560 Highland Street	Mount Dora, Florida
Okahumpka Rosenwald School	1929 built 2022 NRHP-listed	27908 Virgil Hawkins Circle	Okahumpka, Florida	[2]
Orange City Colored School	1925 built 2003 NRHP-listed	200 E. Blue Springs Avenue	Orange City, Florida	[3]
Pompano Colored School	1928 built	718 NW Sixth Street	Pompano Beach, Florida	demolished in 1972 and the site is now Coleman Park
The Rosenwald School		624 Bay Street (now Avenue)	Panama City, Florida	Building stands but is not in use as a school.[4] No relation to current Rosenwald High School in Panama City.

Georgia (U.S. state)

Name	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Beulah Rucker House-School	1915 built 1995 NRHP-listed		Gainesville, Georgia
Cusseta Industrial High School	2011 NRHP-listed	113 Sandy Road	Cusseta, Georgia
Dewberry School			Rossville, Georgia	[5]
Eleanor Roosevelt School	1936 built 2010 NRHP-listed	350 Parham Street	Warm Springs, Georgia	also known as the Eleanor Roosevelt Vocational School for Colored Youth, and Warm Springs Negro School[6]
Hamilton High School	1924 built		Scottdale, Georgia	Formerly Avondale Colored School, and Avondale Elementary and High School
Hiram Colored School	1930 built 2001 NRHP-listed		Hiram, Georgia
Thomas Jefferson Elder High and Industrial School	1927–1928 built 1981 NRHP-listed	316 Hall Street	Sandersville, Georgia

Kentucky

Name	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Cadentown School	c. 1879 built 1917 Rosenwald Fund	705 Caden Lane	Lexington, Kentucky
Cedar Grove Rosenwald School	1928 built 2002 NRHP-listed		Olmstead, Kentucky	[2]
Douglass School	1929 built	465 Price Road	Lexington, Kentucky
Mays Lick Negro School	1921 built 2018 NRHP-listed	5003 Raymond Road	Mays Lick, Kentucky
Rosenwald School	1926 built 1963 closed[7]		Fulton, Kentucky
Union Station School (Paducah, Kentucky)	1928 built 2011 NRHP-listed	3138 Roosevelt Drive (also known as 3138 Flagman St.)	Paducah, Kentucky	[8]

Louisiana

Name	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Community Rosenwald School	1928–1929 built 2009 NRHP-listed	460 State Rte 3015	Grand Cane, Louisiana	NRHP-listed[2]
Beauregard Parish Training School	1911 founded 1929 built (2nd building) 1996 NRHP-listed		DeRidder, Louisiana
Longstreet Rosenwald School	1924 built 2009 NRHP-listed		Longstreet, Louisiana	NRHP-listed[2]
Rosenwald High School	1922 built		New Roads, Louisiana	formerly New Roads High School

Maryland

Name	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Freetown Rosenwald School	1924 built 2007 NRHP-listed	7825 Freetown Rd. 39°8′27″N 76°34′38″W	Glen Burnie, Maryland
Highland Park School			Prince George's County, Maryland	had been in continuous use by the school system, and was renovated for a Headstart Center.
Lula G. Scott Community Center	1921 built 2009 NRHP-listed	6243 Shady Side Rd. 39°50′8.07″N 76°30′48.81″W	Shady Side, Maryland
Marley Neck Rosenwald School	1927 built 2005 NRHP–listed	7780 Solley Road	Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Norbeck School	1927 built		Montgomery County, Maryland	Locally designated historic site on Montgomery County's Master Plan for Historic Preservation
Queenstown Rosenwald School	1932 built 2009 NRHP-listed	430 Queenstown Rd. 39°8′41.65″N 76°39′8.5″W	Severn, Maryland
Ridgeley School	1927 built	8507 Central Avenue	Capitol Heights, Maryland	officially Colored School No. 1 of Prince George's County, now a museum.[9][10]
San Domingo School	1919 built 2007 NRHP-listed	11526 Old School Rd. 38°30′39″N 75°43′22″W	Sharptown, Maryland	Also 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	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
George Washington Carver High School	1919 built		Picayune, Mississippi	Formerly Pearl River County Training School
Henderson High School	1927 built	200 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Drive W	Starkville, Mississippi	Formerly Oktibbeha County Training School
J.W. Randolph School	1928 built 2006 MS Landmark	315 Clark Avenue	Pass Christian, Mississippi	Since 2000, the building was no longer used as a school
Little Red Schoolhouse	1928 built		Drew, Mississippi	[11][12]
Sherman Line Rosenwald School	1928 built 2017 NRHP-listed	3021 Sherman Church Road	Magnolia, Mississippi	[13]

North Carolina

Name	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Atkins High School	1931 built 1999 NRHP-listed	1215 N. Cameron Ave. 36°06′39″N 80°13′17″W	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Billingsville School	1927 built 1999 NRHP-listed	3100 Leroy St. 35°11′46″N 80°48′30″W	Charlotte, North Carolina
Central School	1926 built 1993 NRHP-listed	414 Watkins St. 35°42′38″N 79°48′14″W	Asheboro, North Carolina
Coinjock Colored School	1920 built 2013 NRHP-listed	4358 Caratoke Hwy. 36°21′46″N 78°36′04″W	Coinjock, North Carolina	[14]
Concord School	1922 built 2018 NRHP-listed	645 Walter Grissom Rd. 36°9′47″N 78°22′47″W	near Kittrell, North Carolina
Harnett County Training School	1922 built 1956 closed 2014 NRHP-listed	610 E. Johnson St. 35°18′40″N 78°36′02″W	Dunn, North Carolina	[15]
J.C. Price High School	1931–1932 built 2010 NRHP-listed	1300-1400 W. Bank St. 35°40′37″N 80°29′07″W	Salisbury, North Carolina
Liberia School	1921–1922 built 2005 NRHP-listed	4.5 miles S of Warrenton, Sw side of NC 58 36°21′42″N 78°06′03″W	Warrenton, North Carolina
Liberty Hill School (Ellerbe, North Carolina)	1930 built 2008 NRHP-listed	234 Covington Comm. Rd. 35°08′15″N 79°52′00″W	near Ellerbe, North Carolina
Lincoln Park School	1922 built 1997 NRHP-listed	1272 S. Currant St. 35°5′6″N 78°28′25″W	Pinebluff, North Carolina
Morgan School	1925–1926 built 2006 NRHP-listed	7427 Winters Rd. 35°49′18″N 78°8′14″W	Bailey, North Carolina
Orange County Training School	1924 built	350 Caldwell Street	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	later known as Lincoln High School (1948–1966)
Panther Branch School	1926 built 2001 NRHP-listed	NC 2727, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of NC 183 35°37′59″N 78°38′28″W	near Raleigh, North Carolina
Princeton Graded School	1925–1926 built 2005 NRHP-listed	601-611 W. Edwards St. 35°28′11″N 78°10′07″W	Princeton, North Carolina
Reid's Grove School	1927 built 2011 NRHP-listed	931 Main St. 36°25′04″N 78°45′29″W	near Gatesville, North Carolina	[16]
Riley Hill School	1928 built 2001 NRHP-listed	NC 2320, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) east of NC 2318 35°51′34″N 78°24′59″W	Wendell, North Carolina
Russell School (Durham, North Carolina)	1926–1927 built 2009 NRHP-listed	2001 St. Mary's Rd. 36°7′24″N 78°56′45″W	near Durham, North Carolina
Siloam School	1920 built 2007 NRHP-listed	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	Charlotte, North Carolina
Snow Hill Colored High School	1925 built 2003 NRHP-listed	602A W. Harper St. 35°26′58″N 77°20′52″W	Snow Hill, North Carolina	also known as Greene County Colored Training School and Rosenwald Center for Cultural Enrichment
St. Matthews School	1922 built 2001 NRHP-listed	US 401, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northeast of NC 2213 35°51′37″N 78°33′41″W	near Raleigh, North Carolina
Walnut Cove Colored School	1921 built 1995 NRHP-listed	Jct. of Brook and Dalton Sts., NW corner 36°18′12″N 80°08′39″W	Walnut Cove, North Carolina	won an award for its rehabilitation for use as a senior citizens' community center
Ware Creek School	1921 built 1996 NRHP-listed	East side of NC 1103, .3 miles southeast of junction with NC 1112 35°25′12″N 76°56′19″W	Blounts Creek, North Carolina
Warren County Training School	1931 built 2006 NRHP-listed	East side of NC 1300, 0.8 N of NC 1372 36°30′56″N 78°09′59″W	Wise, North Carolina
W. E. B. DuBois School	1926 built 1993 NRHP-listed	536 Franklin St. 35°59′06″N 78°30′04″W	Wake Forest, North Carolina
Williamston Colored School	1930–1931 built 2014 NRHP-listed	705 Washington St. 35°50′45″N 77°03′38″W	Williamston, North Carolina	[17]
Zachariah School	1920 built 2005 NRHP-listed	NC 1239, 0.6 miles South of NC 1244 35°31′28″N 77°41′53″W	Greene County, North Carolina

Oklahoma

Name	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Arbeka Rosenwald School	1929 built		Arbeka, Oklahoma	Also known as "Arbeka U.G. School #1"[18]
Douglass School	1907 built 2008 NRHP-listed 2011 closed		Lawton, Oklahoma	Also known as "Fredrick Douglass School"[19]
Kiowa County Sep. #1			Hobart, Oklahoma
Lincoln Grade School			Lehigh, Oklahoma
Pleasant Hill School			McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Lima Rosenwald School	1921 built 1966 closed 1984 NRHP-listed	College Street	Lima, Oklahoma
Union School			Stella, Oklahoma

South Carolina

Name	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Great Branch Teacherage	1924–1925 built 2007 NRHP-listed		Orangeburg, South Carolina	NRHP-listed[2]
Hannah Rosenwald School	1924 built 2009 NRHP-listed	2890 Neeses Highway	Newberry, South Carolina	NRHP-listed[2]
Hope Rosenwald School	1925–1926 built 2007 NRHP-listed	1971 Hope Station Rd. 34°16′14″N 81°21′52″W	Near Pomaria, South Carolina	Has Colonial Revival architecture.[2] Will be used as a community center
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[2]

Tennessee

Name	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Allen-White School	2010 NRHP-listed		Whiteville, Tennessee	[2]
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	Cairo, Tennessee	[2]
Douglass High School	1911 founded 1928 built	301 Louis Street	Kingsport, Tennessee
Durham's Chapel School	1923 built 2006 NRHP-listed	5055 Old TN 31E	Bethpage, Tennessee
Free Hills Rosenwald School	1929 built 1996 NRHP-listed	Free Hills Rd., E of TN 52 36°33′49″N 85°29′23″W	Free Hill, Tennessee	Free Hills Community Center in Free Hill, Tennessee. Free Hill is also known as Free Hills.
Gibson County Training School	1926 built 2012 NRHP-listed	1041 Harris Street	Milan, Tennessee
Lincoln School	1925 built 1993 NRHP-listed		Pikeville, Tennessee
Pasquo School	1927 built	8534 Lewis Road	Nashville, Tennessee	As of 2018, a private residence

Texas

Name	Dates	Location	City, State
Annie E. Colbert Rosenwald School	1927 built	231 S Colbert Street 30°02′46″N 94°52′45″W	Dayton, Texas
Hopewell School	1922 built 2015 NRHP-listed	690 State Highway 21 West 30°05′55″N 97°27′40.5″W	Cedar Creek, Texas
Lockhart Vocational High School	1923 built 1998 NRHP-listed	1104 E. Market St. 29°53′09″N 97°39′47″W	Lockhart, Texas
Pleasant Hill School	1925 built 2004 NRHP-listed	2722 Farm Rd. 1399 33°3′11″N 94°23′46″W	Linden, Texas
Sweet Home Vocational and Agricultural High School	1924 built 1998 NRHP-listed	10 mi (16 km). S of Seguin on Sweet Home Rd. 29°27′40″N 98°02′21″W	Seguin, Texas

Virginia

Name	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Buckingham Training School	1932 built	245 Camden Street	Dillwyn, Virginia
Courtland School	c. 1928 built 2016 NRHP-listed	25499 Florence Street	Courtland, Virginia
Dry Bridge School	1928 built 2009 NRHP-listed 2008 Virginia Landmarks Register-listed	1005 Jordan Street	Martinsville, Virginia
East Suffolk Elementary School	1926–1927 built 2003 NRHP-listed	231 S. 7th St. 36°43′30″N 76°33′51″W	Suffolk, Virginia	[2]
Fauquier Training School	1923 built 1938 burned down	2715 Dogtown Rd	Goochland, Virginia	Replaced by Central High School at 2748 Dogtown Rd.
First Union School (Crozier, Virginia)	1926 built 2009 NRHP-listed	1522 Old Mill Rd	Crozier, Virginia
Greensville County Training School	1929 built 2005 VLR-listed 2006 NRHP-listed	105 Ruffin Street	Emporia, Virginia	Formerly Greensville County Learning Center
Martinsville Training School	1871 built 1920 Rosenwald Fund		Martinsville, Virginia	The Ruffner Institute, later known as Martinsville High School
Nansemond County Training School	1924 built 2004 NRHP-listed	9307 Southwestern Blvd. 36°38′22″N 76°48′16″W	Suffolk, Virginia	[2]
Salem School	1923–1924 built 1998 VLR-listed 1998 NRHP-listed	Jct. of Rtes. 608 and 632	Red Oak, Virginia
Scrabble School	1921–1922 built 2007 NRHP-listed	111 Scrabble Rd. 38°35′02″N 78°8′58″W	Castleton, Virginia	[2]
Second Union School	1918 built 2006 NRHP-listed	2787 Hadensville Fife Rd. 37°45′52″N 78°3′10″W	Goochland, Virginia	[2]
Shady Grove School	1925 built 2009 VLR-listed 2009 NRHP-listed		Louisa County, Virginia
St. Paul's School	1917 built 2003 VLR-listed 2004 NRHP-listed	Brunswick Drive at I-85	Meredithville, Virginia
Switchback School	1924–1925 built 2013 VLR-listed 2013 NRHP-listed	210 Pinehurst Heights Road	near Hot Springs, Virginia	Formerly Union Hurst School
Washington Graded School	1923–1924 built 2019 NRHP-listed	267 Piedmont Avenue 38°42′47″N 78°9′53″W	Washington, Virginia	[2]
Woodville School	1923 built 2003 VLR-listed 2004 NRHP-listed	4310 George Washington Memorial Highway	Ordinary, Virginia

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Ellison, Rhoda C. (1999-02-17). Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years. University of Alabama Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-8173-0987-9.
"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"Orange City Colored School". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System. 2003.
"Guide to African-American Heritage Landmarks and Historic Sites in Florida". www.visitflorida.com. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
Ciomek, Summer Anne. "The History, Architecture, and Preservation of Rosenwald Schools in Georgia" (PDF). Retrieved 5 July 2023.
"Eleanor Roosevelt School, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, NPS Form 10-900". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. April 16, 2010.
Fulton Teachers & Schools: Rosenwald School History, 1926-1963. Fulton KY's African American Railroaders. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Union Station School" (PDF). NRHP. August 19, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-22.
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Ridgley Rosenwald School History
"The Restoration of the Li'l Red Schoolhouse". WKNO FM. 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
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"Rosenwald School Survey: Arbeka UG School #1". Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory.
Irvin, Dona L. (1992). The Unsung Heart of Black America: A Middle-class Church at Midcentury. University of Missouri Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-8262-0902-3.

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[1] Ellison, Rhoda C. (1999-02-17). Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years. University of Alabama Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-8173-0987-9.

[nris-2] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[3] "Orange City Colored School". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System. 2003.

[4] "Guide to African-American Heritage Landmarks and Historic Sites in Florida". www.visitflorida.com. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2023-10-01.

[5] Ciomek, Summer Anne. "The History, Architecture, and Preservation of Rosenwald Schools in Georgia" (PDF). Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[:02-6] "Eleanor Roosevelt School, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, NPS Form 10-900". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. April 16, 2010.

[7] Fulton Teachers & Schools: Rosenwald School History, 1926-1963. Fulton KY's African American Railroaders. Retrieved May 27, 2021.

[:0-8] "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Union Station School" (PDF). NRHP. August 19, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-22.

[Heller-9] Karen Heller (August 30, 2015). "The Enlightening Legacy of the Rosenwald Schools". Washington Post., including this photo of exterior

[10] Ridgley Rosenwald School History

[11] "The Restoration of the Li'l Red Schoolhouse". WKNO FM. 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2023-10-03.

[12] "Sprucing Up Little Red Schoolhouse". The Enterprise Tocsin. July 30, 2022.

[13] "Sherman Line Rosenwald School". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.

[nps2-14] "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.

[nps1-15] "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.

[nps-16] "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.

[nps4-17] "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.

[18] "Rosenwald School Survey: Arbeka UG School #1". Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory.

[19] Irvin, Dona L. (1992). The Unsung Heart of Black America: A Middle-class Church at Midcentury. University of Missouri Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-8262-0902-3.