Hiram in Paulding County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
The Hiram Rosenwald School
Photographed By David Seibert, July 30, 2006
1. The Hiram Rosenwald School Marker
In 1912 Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck and Company, established the Rosenwald Fund to assist in community school construction of public schools for African-American students in the South. The Julius Rosenwald Fund assisted local communities who raised additional funds. By the 1930's one in every five rural southern schools for blacks had been constructed with aid from the Rosenwald Fund, a total of nearly five thousand schools throughout the South. The Hiram Rosenwald school opened in 1930 as the Hiram Colored School. It was the only Rosenwald school in Paulding County and, at that time, the only African-American school with a library in the county. The school operated from 1930 until 1955.
Erected 2005 by Georgia Historical Society, U.N.I.T.E., and the Hiram Rosenwald School Preservation. (Marker Number 110-1.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society, and the Rosenwald Schools series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.
Location. 33° 52.812′ N, 84° 45.624′ W. Marker is in Hiram, Georgia, in Paulding County. Marker is on Hiram Douglasville Highway (Georgia Route
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Eight Point Star (approx. 0.4 miles away); Henry Lester House (approx. 0.8 miles away); George Darby House Cleburne’s H’dq’rs. (approx. 1.8 miles away); Site: Colley House Hood’s H’dq’rs (approx. 2.1 miles away); Polk’s Corps at Dallas and New Hope Church (approx. 2.3 miles away); Site: Robertson House (approx. 2.3 miles away); Hardee's Corps at Powder Springs (approx. 3.6 miles away); Confederate Line (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hiram.
Also see . . . Rosenwald Schools. New Georgia Encyclopedia website entry:
The Hiram Colored School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. (Submitted on November 29, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 6, 2022
2. The Hiram Rosenwald School Marker
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3. Julius Rosenwald
from Bertie Charles Forbes, Men Who are Making America, 1917.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 10, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,476 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 10, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 2. submitted on May 10, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on July 1, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
