Mathews in Mathews County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Thomas Hunter (Rosenwald) School
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 26, 2021
1. Thomas Hunter (Rosenwald) School Marker
Inscription.
Thomas Hunter (Rosenwald) School. . African Americans formed the Mathews Educational League in 1923 and raised $9,900 to build a four-room school here in 1926-1927. Donations came mainly from the black community, with additional contributions from white residents, the county school board, and the Julius Rosenwald Fund. This fund, established by the president of Sears, Roebuck, and Co., and inspired by the work of Booker T. Washington, helped build more than 5,000 schools and supporting structures for black students between 1917 and 1932. Named for Thomas Hunter, a former slave, this school was accredited during the 1939-1940 session and moved into a new brick building here in 1953. County schools were desegregated in 1969.
African Americans formed the Mathews Educational League in 1923 and raised $9,900 to build a four-room school here in 1926-1927. Donations came mainly from the black community, with additional contributions from white residents, the county school board, and the Julius Rosenwald Fund. This fund, established by the president of Sears, Roebuck, and Co., and inspired by the work of Booker T. Washington, helped build more than 5,000 schools and supporting structures for black students between 1917 and 1932. Named for Thomas Hunter, a former slave, this school was accredited during the 1939-1940 session and moved into a new brick building here in 1953. County schools were desegregated in 1969.
Erected 2018 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number ND-17.)
Location. 37° 26.164′ N, 76° 19.623′ W. Marker is in Mathews, Virginia, in Mathews
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County. It is on Church Street (Virginia Route 611) just south of Put-In-Creek Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mathews VA 23109, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Middle Peninsula and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, in the Chesapeake Bay Region, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 877 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on June 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
