Pickensville in Pickens County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Historic Pickensville Rosenwald School

Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 30, 2021

1. Historic Pickensville Rosenwald School Marker

Inscription. This school was erected in c. 1925 and sits on 3 acres donated by two community citizens, Nunnie and Jennie Stinson, parents of Yeuma Stinson-Gillis.

Some educators were: A.B. Bonner, Nora Spencer, Dotha Will Moss, Annie Sherrod, Zora Wright-Stanzel, Laura W. Prude, Yeuma Stinson-Gillis (substitute teacher), and Bernard Jackson. Lunchroom cooks were Johnnie D. Harkins and Yeuma Stinson-Gillis.

Booker T. Washington, Principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial (now Tuskegee University) developed the Rosenwald School program with funding from Julius Rosenwald, CEO of Sears & Roebuck to improve the quality of public education for African Americans. They constructed over 5,300 schools in rural areas of 15 Southern states including 389 in Alabama. This school is the only 1 of the 6 Rosenwald School buildings constructed in Pickens County found still standing so far. It educated generations of children until it closed in the mid-1960s.

Listed in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on December 16, 2010.

Erected by Alabama Historical Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed

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in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Commission, and the Rosenwald Schools series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is December 16, 2010.

Location. 33° 14.439′ N, 88° 15.498′ W. Marker is in Pickensville, Alabama, in Pickens County. It is at the intersection of Jim Locke Road and Copper Road, on the left when traveling east on Jim Locke Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 120 Jim Locke Rd, Carrollton AL 35447, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pickensville Historic District (approx. 1.1 miles away); History of the Snagboat Montgomery (approx.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 30, 2021

2. Historic Pickensville Rosenwald School Marker

2½ miles away); The Tennessee - Tombigbee Waterway (approx. 2½ miles away); The U.S. Snagboat Montgomery (approx. 2½ miles away); Aliceville First Baptist Church (approx. 7½ miles away); R. J. Kirksey High School (approx. 9.3 miles away); Kelly - Stone - Hill Place (approx. 9½ miles away); Pickens County Courthouse (approx. 9.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pickensville.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 30, 2021

3. Historic Pickensville Rosenwald School Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 4, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 825 times since then and 77 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 4, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.