Monroeville in Monroe County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Monroeville Rosenwald School

Monroe County

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, July 15, 2026

1. Monroeville Rosenwald School Marker

Inscription.
The Monroeville Rosenwald School was built in 1927 to provide educational opportunities for Black children in the community. The one-room school, built by the Freedman's Bureau, offered first through sixth grades. Funds to build the school were provided by the Black community, the Monroe County Board of Education, and a grant from the Rosenwald Foundation, founded by Sears, Roebuck and Company C.E.O. Julius Rosenwald. Former slave Booker T. Washington, President of Tuskegee Institute, inspired Rosenwald to help improve education for Black students in the South. Rosenwald helped fund more than 5,300 schools across the South with the majority in rural areas and nearly 400 in Alabama. The Monroeville Rosenwald School was one of several in Monroe County. The school building serves today as the Monroe County Board of Education.

Listed in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on December 10, 2020

Erected 2022 by Monroe County Board of Education and Alabama Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1927.

Location. 31° 31.102′ N, 87° 18.961′ W. Marker is in Monroeville, Alabama, in Monroe County. It is at the intersection of Pickens Street and Bypass Alabama Highway 21, on the right when traveling west on Pickens Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 109 Pickens St, Monroeville AL 36460, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is

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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 New Spain,

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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Truman Capote (approx. 0.6 miles away); Monroeville, Alabama (approx. ¾ mile away); Atticus Finch: Lawyer - Hero (approx. ¾ mile away); Old Monroe County Courthouse (approx. 0.8 miles away); “Lucas’ Raiders” (approx. 0.8 miles away); A County Older Than The State (approx. 0.8 miles away); Wiggins Cemetery (approx. 3.8 miles away); Peterman, Alabama (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Monroeville.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, July 15, 2026

2. Monroeville Rosenwald School Marker

Monroeville Rosenwald School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, July 15, 2026

3. Monroeville Rosenwald School

Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 4 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 16, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.