This is a list of some of the 5,000 Rosenwald Schools built across the South from Texas to Virginia and 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:
Name | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Bigelow Rosenwald School | 1926 built 2004 NRHP-listed | Jct. of AR 60 and Bethel AME Rd. 35°4′30″N92°33′55″W / 35.07500°N 92.56528°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″N92°49′18″W / 34.36250°N 92.82167°W | Malvern, Arkansas | [2] | |
Mt. Olive Rosenwald School | 1927 built 2004 NRHP-listed | Bradley Rd. 45 33°25′41″N92°3′33″W / 33.42806°N 92.05917°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] | |
Osceola Rosenwald School | 1929 built | 522 Childress St | Osceola, Arkansas | ||
Rosenwald School | 1938 built 1990 NRHP-listed | 34°2′13″N93°27′17″W / 34.03694°N 93.45472°W | near Delight, Arkansas | ||
Selma Rosenwald School | 1924 built 2006 NRHP-listed | Selma-Collins Rd. | Selma, Arkansas | [2] |
Name | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Booker Grammar School | 1825 built | Lemon Avenue and 7th Street | Sarasota, Florida | formerly known as Sarasota Grammar School, and later moved to Emma E. Booker Elementary School [3] | |
Cocoa Junior High School | 1824 built 2019 NRHP-listed | 307 Blake Avenue | Cocoa, Florida | ||
Dunbar School | Quincy, Florida | became William Stevens School and expanded to include William Stevens High School [4] | |||
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 | [5] | |
Pompano Colored School | 1928 built | 718 NW Sixth Street | Pompano Beach, Florida | demolished in 1972 and the site is now Coleman Park | |
Salem School | Gadsden County, Florida | [6] | |||
Sarasota Grammar School | Quincy, Florida | [7] | |||
The Rosenwald School | 624 Bay Street (now Avenue) | Panama City, Florida | Building stands but is not in use as a school. [8] No relation to current Rosenwald High School in Panama City. |
Name | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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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 | [9] | |||
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 [10] | |
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 |
Name | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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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 [11] | Fulton, Kentucky | |||
Union Station School (Paducah, Kentucky) | 1928 built 2011 NRHP-listed | 3138 Roosevelt Drive (also known as 3138 Flagman St.) | Paducah, Kentucky | [12] |
Name | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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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] | ||
Plaisance Rosenwald School | 1921 built 2004 NRHP-listed | 3264 LA 167 | Plaisance, Louisiana | NRHP-listed [13] | |
Rosenwald High School | 1922 built | New Roads, Louisiana | formerly New Roads High School |
Name | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Freetown Rosenwald School | 1924 built 2007 NRHP-listed | 7825 Freetown Rd. 39°8′27″N76°34′38″W / 39.14083°N 76.57722°W | Glen Burnie, Maryland | ||
Galesville Rosenwald School | 1929 built | 916 West Benning Rd. | Galesville, 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″N76°30′48.81″W / 39.8355750°N 76.5135583°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″N76°39′8.5″W / 39.1449028°N 76.652361°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. [14] [15] | |
San Domingo School | 1919 built 2007 NRHP-listed | 11526 Old School Rd. 38°30′39″N75°43′22″W / 38.51083°N 75.72278°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. |
Name | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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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 | [16] [17] | ||
Sherman Line Rosenwald School | 1928 built 2017 NRHP-listed | 3021 Sherman Church Road | Magnolia, Mississippi | [18] |
Name | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Lincoln School | 1930 built | 815 N. Sherman Ave. | Springfield, Missouri | Currently Ozarks Technical Community College | |
Name | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Arbeka Rosenwald School | 1929 built | Arbeka, Oklahoma | Also known as "Arbeka U.G. School #1" [23] | ||
Douglass School | 1907 built 2008 NRHP-listed 2011 closed | Lawton, Oklahoma | Also known as "Fredrick Douglass School" [24] | ||
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 |
Name | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Carroll Rosenwald School | 1929 built 2018 NRHP-listed | Rock Hill, South Carolina | NRHP-listed [2] | ||
Catawba Rosenwald School | 1924-25 built 2013 NRHP-listed | 3071 South Anderson Road | Catawba, South Carolina | NRHP-listed [2] | |
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″N81°21′52″W / 34.27056°N 81.36444°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] |
Name | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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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″N86°21′49″W / 36.36333°N 86.36361°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″N85°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. | |
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 |
Name | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Annie E. Colbert Rosenwald School | 1927 built | 231 S Colbert Street 30°02′46″N94°52′45″W / 30.04611°N 94.87917°W | Dayton, Texas | ||
Hopewell School | 1922 built 2015 NRHP-listed | 690 State Highway 21 West 30°05′55″N97°27′40.5″W / 30.09861°N 97.461250°W | Cedar Creek, Texas | ||
Lockhart Vocational High School | 1923 built 1998 NRHP-listed | 1104 E. Market St. 29°53′09″N97°39′47″W / 29.88583°N 97.66306°W | Lockhart, Texas | ||
Pleasant Hill School | 1925 built 2004 NRHP-listed | 2722 Farm Rd. 1399 33°3′11″N94°23′46″W / 33.05306°N 94.39611°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″N98°02′21″W / 29.46111°N 98.03917°W | Seguin, Texas |
Name | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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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″N76°33′51″W / 36.72500°N 76.56417°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″N76°48′16″W / 36.63944°N 76.80444°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″N78°8′58″W / 38.58389°N 78.14944°W | Castleton, Virginia | [2] | |
Second Union School | 1918 built 2006 NRHP-listed | 2787 Hadensville Fife Rd. 37°45′52″N78°3′10″W / 37.76444°N 78.05278°W | Goochland, Virginia | [2] | |
Shady Grove School | 1925 built 2009 VLR-listed 2009 NRHP-listed | Louisa County, Virginia | |||
St. John Rosenwald School | 1920s built | 1569 St. John Rd. | Albemarle County, Virginia | In 2023, now the St. John Family Life and Fitness Center, Gordonsville. [25] | |
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″N78°9′53″W / 38.71306°N 78.16472°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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