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Rosenwald Schools Historical Markers

Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears Roebuck established a foundation that funded 4,977 schools for African Americans throughout the south from 1912 to 1932.
 
By Mark Hilton, October 25, 2020
Mount Sinai Rosenwald School and marker.
1 ► Alabama, Autauga County, Prattville — Mount Sinai Rosenwald School — Autauga County —
2 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Stockton — Public Education in Baldwin County / Little Red Schoolhouse Historic Site —
3 ► Alabama, Bullock County, Midway — Old Merritt School Midway Community Center —
4 ► Alabama, Chambers County, Fredonia — New Hope Rosenwald School —
5 ► Alabama, Chilton County, Clanton — Chilton County Training School 1924-1969 —
6 ► Alabama, Clarke County, Coffeeville — Clarke County Training School — Clarke County —
7 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Cherokee — Cherokee High School —
8 ► Alabama, Elmore County, Wetumpka — Elmore County Training School —
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9 ► Alabama, Escambia County, Atmore — Escambia County Training School —
10 ► Alabama, Franklin County, Russellville — Reedtown High School —
11 ► Alabama, Hale County, Gallion — Oak Grove School —
12 ► Alabama, Henry County, Newville — Newville High School / Newville Rosenwald School —
13 ► Alabama, Henry County, Newville — Newville, Alabama / Newville Pioneers —
14 ► Alabama, Lawrence County, Moulton — Moulton Negro High School — Also Called Moulton Rosenwald School —
15 ► Alabama, Lee County, Loachapoka — First Rosenwald School —
16 ► Alabama, Macon County, Notasulga — Shiloh-Rosenwald School / Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church —
17 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Institute — 4 — Julius Rosenwald — The Tuskegee Civil Rights and Historic Trail —
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18 ► Alabama, Madison County, Normal — Councill Training School — (1919 - 1970) —
19 ► Alabama, Madison County, Toney — Toney Rosenwald School —
20 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Grand Bay — Grand Bay Elementary School for Colored — Established in 1919 —
21 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Hope Hull — Tankersley Rosenwald School — Erected in 1923 —
22 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Madison Park School — Montgomery County —
23 ► Alabama, Pickens County, Pickensville — Historic Pickensville Rosenwald School —
24 ► Alabama, Russell County, Fort Mitchell — Mt. Olive School — 1916 / 1950 —
25 ► Arkansas, Arkansas County, Stuttgart — Holman School —
26 ► Arkansas, Clark County, Arkadelphia — Peake High School —
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27 ► Arkansas, Ouachita County, Bearden — 50 — Ouachita Cnty. Training School —
28 ► Arkansas, Pulaski County, Little Rock, Downtown — Paul Laurence Dunbar High School —
29 ► Florida, Alachua County, Alachua — F-823 — Alachua County Training School —
30 ► Florida, Alachua County, High Springs — F-835 — Douglass High School —
31 ► Florida, Bay County, Panama City — F-1098 — Rosenwald High School —
32 ► Florida, Broward County, Pompano Beach — F-991 — The Pompano Colored School —
33 ► Florida, Jackson County, Marianna — F-506 — Gilmore Academy - Jackson County Training School — 1922-1970 —
34 ► Florida, Jefferson County, Monticello — F-682 — Howard Academy High School on Chestnut Street —
35 ► Florida, Lake County, Mount Dora — F-485 — Milner-Rosenwald Academy — Built in 1926 —
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36 ► Florida, Lake County, Okahumpka — Okahumpka Rosenwald School —
37 ► Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee — F-834 — Lucy Moten Elementary School —
38 ► Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee, Frenchtown — F-909 — Original Lincoln High School —
39 ► Florida, Nassau County, Fernandina Beach — F-873 — Peck High School —
40 ► Florida, Palm Beach County, Boynton Beach — Rosenwald Schools in Palm Beach County — Poinciana Elementary — "Boynton Beach Colored" —
41 ► Florida, Palm Beach County, Jupiter — F-890 — L.M. Davis Elementary School —
42 ► Florida, Polk County, Lake Alfred — PCHC-023 — Fruitlands Institute —
43 ► Florida, Polk County, Winter Haven — F-675 — Florence Villa Training School — 1924-1925 —
44 ► Florida, Sarasota County, Sarasota — The Booker Schools —
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45 ► Florida, Suwannee County, Live Oak — F-1000 — The Douglass Center —
46 ► Florida, Taylor County, Perry — F-699 — Jerkins High School —
47 ► Florida, Volusia County, DeLeon Springs — F-930 — DeLeon Springs Colored School —
48 ► Florida, Volusia County, Orange City — F-929 — Orange City Colored School —
49 ► Georgia, Bartow County, Cassville — 008-52 — Noble Hill Rosenwald School —
50 ► Georgia, Brooks County, Barney — 14-2 — Barney Colored Elementary School —
51 ► Georgia, Bulloch County, Portal — Willow Hill School and Community — Reported permanently removed
52 ► Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah — 25-40 — Pin Point Community —
53 ► Georgia, Decatur County, Bainbridge — Hutto School —
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54 ► Georgia, Hart County, Hartwell — 73-1 — Hart County Training School —
55 ► Georgia, Macon County, Oglethorpe — 096-3 — Lumpkin Academy —
56 ► Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus — Radcliff School —
57 ► Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus — William H. Spencer High School —
58 ► Georgia, Paulding County, Hiram — 110-1 — The Hiram Rosenwald School —
59 ► Georgia, Spalding County, Griffin — The Griffin School / Rosenwald Schools —
60 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — Julius Rosenwald — Chicago Tribute —
61 ► Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, Old Aristocracy Hill — Boyhood Home of Julius Rosenwald —
62 ► Kentucky, Hardin County, Elizabethtown — 2048 — Bond-Washington School / Julius Rosenwald Fund —
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63 ► Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville — 2377 — Rosenwald High School / Professor C. L. Timberlake —
64 ► Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon — 2048 — Rosenwald School —
65 ► Kentucky, Mason County, Mays Lick — May's Lick Negro School — 1920 —
66 ► Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg — 2050 / 47 — West Side School —
67 ► Kentucky, Oldham County, La Grange — 2418 — Lagrange Training School / Rosenwald Schools —
68 ► Kentucky, Scott County, Midway — 2267 — Zion Hill / Zion Hill School —
69 ► Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green — A West Side Story —
70 ► Louisiana, Ascension Parish, Donaldsonville — African American Life —
71 ► Louisiana, Ascension Parish, Donaldsonville — Central Agricultural School —
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72 ► Louisiana, Caddo Parish, Sentell — Cash Point School — A Rosenwald School — Historic Site —
73 ► Louisiana, Claiborne Parish, Homer — St. John Colored School —
74 ► Louisiana, Ouachita Parish, Monroe — Mt. Nebo Elementary School —
75 ► Louisiana, St. Landry Parish, Opelousas, Plaisance — Plaisance School —
76 ► Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, Parole — 5 — Parole's Public Schools — Parole Heritage Tour —
77 ► Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Glen Burnie — Marley Neck School —
78 ► Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Hanover, Harmans — Harmans —
79 ► Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Pasadena — Freetown —
80 ► Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Pumphrey — 5 — Pumphrey — "We Are Our History, and Our History Is Us" —
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81 ► Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Pumphrey — Pumphrey Elementary School —
82 ► Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Severn, South Gate — Queenstown Rosenwald School — National Historic Place —
83 ► Maryland, Baltimore County, Halethorpe — Halethorpe Colored School (1924) —
84 ► Maryland, Harford County, Bel Air — Historic Bel Air —
85 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Beallsville — The Darby Store —
86 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Rockville — 12 & 14 — Rockville's First Colored School / Rockville's Second Colored School — Rockville's African American Heritage Walking Tour — Reported permanently removed
87 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Rockville — 12, 14 — Rockville's First Colored School / Rockville's Second Colored School — Rockville's African American Heritage Walking Tour —
88 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Rockville, Norbeck — Norbeck Rosenwald School —
89 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Sandy Spring — Good Hope Settlement / Hill Top Elementary School — Sandy Spring African American Heritage Trail — [Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery] —
90 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Sandy Spring — Ross J. Boddy / Archie (Jerry) Bell / Hill Top Elementary School — Sandy Spring African American Heritage Trail — [Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery] —
91 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Sandy Spring — The Powell-Matthews-Cook and Brooks Families in Sandy Spring / Spencerville — Sandy Spring African American Heritage Trail — [Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery] —
92 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Silver Spring, Colesville — Smithville Colored School — A Julius Rosenwald School —
93 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Beltsville — Abraham Hall: A Historic African American Benevolent Lodge — Reported permanently removed
94 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill —
95 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, College Park — Family, Church and Community in Lakeland — Reported damaged
96 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, College Park — Paint Branch Bridge Mural: A Path Forward —
97 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, College Park, Lakeland — Lakeland —
98 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, District Heights — Ridgeley Rosenwald School —
99 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Landover — Highland Park High School —
100 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Landover — Ridgley —

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Nov. 10, 2026