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Rosenwald Schools

Find Rosenwald Schools

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Fisk University is the site of the Rosenwald School Database. You can search a variety of ways, including by school name, county and state.

Southeast Georgia Rosenwald Schools

Appling County

  • Selma School

Camden County

  • Kinlaw School
  • Silco School
  • St. Marys School (Colored Training School)
  • Waverly School

Charlton County

  • Folkston School

Glynn County

  • Glynn County Training School (Colored Memorial School and Risley High School)

Jeff Davis County

  • Hazelhurst School
  • Column Union School

McIntosh County

  • Carnagan School
  • Harris Neck School
  • Sapelo School at Raccoon Bluff
  • Sapelo School at St. Luke, Hog Hammock*
  • Todd-Grant Industrial School (Todd-Grant Elementary School)

Pierce County

  • Blackshear School
  • Patterson School

Ware County

  • Glenmore School

Wayne County

  • County Training School
  • Middle Grove School
  • Screven School

 

For more information about Georgia Rosenwald Schools, contact the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

To search for Rosenwald Schools in other states, visit the Rosenwald Database at Fisk University.

*The Sapelo School in Hog Hammock is next to St. Luke Baptist Church. The school was built during the Rosenwald School era, using a Rosenwald floorplan. However, it is not a documented Rosenwald School in the archive at Fisk University. There are other instances like this throughout the South.

Harrington School

Image of Harrington School on St. Simons Island, Georgia

The Harrington School on St. Simons Island, Ga., was built in the 1920s using a floorplan very similar to a one-room Rosenwald design.

Download School Plans

Image of Rosenwald Community School Plans

History South has Rosenwald School floorplans that you can view and download.