Moncks Corner in Berkeley County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Cordesville Rosenwald School

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025

1. Cordesville Rosenwald School Marker, Side One

Inscription. Cordesville Rosenwald School, the first African American public school in Cordesville, South Carolina, was built on this site in 1923-24 at a total cost of $5,400. Constructed as a four-room frame building, it was one of almost 500 schools in S.C. funded in part by the Julius Rosenwald Foundation, 1917-1932.

The Rosenwald Foundation provided $1,100 with the balance coming from public contributions, including $2,000 from the African American community. The original frame school burned in the 1930s and was replaced by a brick schoolhouse. Students here would go on to Dixie Training School, later known as Berkeley High School.

Erected 2019 by Department of Archives and History. Sponsored by Alumni and Friends of Cordesville School. (Marker Number 8-75.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education.

Location. 33° 10.445′ N, 79° 57.313′ W. Marker is in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, in Berkeley County. It is at the intersection of Doctor Evans Road and Sanders McNeil Road, on the left when traveling

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south on Doctor Evans Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1316 Dr Evans Rd, Moncks Corner SC 29461, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry

and in Santee Cooper Country.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Francis Marion (approx. 0.6 miles away); Wadboo Barony (approx. 1½ miles away); Wadboo Barony: Francis Marion’s Last Headquarters (approx. 1½ miles away); Stony Landing House (approx. 1.6 miles away); Preserving the Past for the Future (approx. 1.6 miles away); Too Formidable to Take (approx. 1.6 miles away); Old Santee Canal Park (approx. 1.6 miles away);

Cordesville Rosenwald School Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025

2. Cordesville Rosenwald School Marker, Side Two

From Plantation to Fort (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Moncks Corner.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Stony Landing House (was approx. 1.6 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Cordesville Rosenwald School Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025

3. Cordesville Rosenwald School Marker

Location of the Cordesville Rosenwald School, Now an Empty Field image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025

4. Location of the Cordesville Rosenwald School, Now an Empty Field

Credits. This page was last revised on April 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 208 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 12, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.