Near Hope Hull in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Tankersley Rosenwald School

Erected in 1923

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 21, 2014

1. Tankersley Rosenwald School Marker

Inscription. This building was one of fourteen schools constructed in Montgomery County with funding assistance from the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Between 1912-32, Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish philanthropist and CEO of Sears, Roebuck and Company teamed up with Booker T. Washington and Tuskegee Institute to provide matching grants for the construction of school buildings for African Americans in mostly rural areas of the South. This collaborative effort produced more than 5,000 of these buildings in 15 southern states, 389 of which were constructed in Alabama.

This building was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 2001.

First Trustees
Frank Supples • Luke Anderson
John Sankey • Edd Dean
Simon Johnson • Arthur Brown
John Oscar Poole
First Principal
Jacob W. Williams

Erected by the Alabama Historical Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Charity & Public Work • Education. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Commission, and the Rosenwald Schools series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 2001.

Location. 32° 8.539′ N,

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86° 21.399′ W. Marker is near Hope Hull, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is on School Spur Road 0.3 miles south of Pettus Road (County Road 19), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 198 School Spur Road, Hope Hull AL 36043, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Federal Road, 1805, (approx. 2.4 miles away); Pintlala Grange Hall / Grange Hall School (approx. 2½ miles away); Pintlala School (approx. 2½ miles away); William Bartram (approx. 2.7 miles away); The Federal Road / Manac's Tavern (approx.

Old Tankersley Rosenwald School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 21, 2014

2. Old Tankersley Rosenwald School

3 miles away); The Bethel Cemetery (approx. 3 miles away); Big Zion A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery (approx. 3.3 miles away); Big Zion School (approx. 3.3 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. Tankersley Rosenwald School. Wikipedia entry. (Submitted on January 21, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

2. Rosenwald School. Wikipedia entry. (Submitted on January 21, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

3. Rosenwald Schools Initiative - Save Rosenwald Schools. National Trust for Historic Preservation (Submitted on January 22, 2014.)

Julius Rosenwald image. Click for full size.

Public Domain

3. Julius Rosenwald

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2018. It was originally submitted on January 21, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 2,192 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 21, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.