Near Sentell in Caddo Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Cash Point School

A Rosenwald School

— Historic Site —

Cash Point School Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 13, 2021

1. Cash Point School Marker

Inscription. The former Rosenwald School at Cash Point was built in 1923-24 for a cost of $2,300.00 as a two teacher frame school. The Rosenwald Fund was developed by Julius Rosenwald, CEO of Sears, Roebuck & Company, and educator, Booker T. Washington in response to the need for improved schools and education for African-American children in the South. The matching grants were established in the 1920's and when they were stopped in 1932 there were 5,357 school buildings in 15 southern states, including 435 in Louisiana. The matching grants required that the local African-American community raise a portion of the funds for the school, and the local school board provide teachers and manage the school. There were additional Rosenwald Schools in the area and over the years, as larger brick schools were built, the wooden Rosenwald schools were torn down or converted into homes, schools, churches, etc.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. In addition, it is included in the Rosenwald Schools series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1923.

Location. 32° 36.434′ N, 93° 46.199′ W. Marker is near Sentell, Louisiana, in Caddo Parish. It is on Dixie Shreveport Road (Louisiana Route 3049) half a mile north of Whitefield Circle

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, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Shreveport LA 71107, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cash Point Plantation (approx. 0.8 miles away); Cash Point-Gold Point-Buckhall Plantations (approx. 1.8 miles away); Pittman Plantation Home (approx. 1.8 miles away); Pickett Place Plantation (approx. 2½ miles away); Dixie Gin (approx. 3.3 miles away); Mounds Plantation (approx. 4.8 miles away); Confederate Monument (approx. 5.2 miles away); Confederate Navy Yard (approx. 6.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sentell.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 13, 2021

2. Cash Point School Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 527 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 27, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.