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Samuel L. Smith
Samuel L. Smith was a school administrator and practical architect involved in school design for Rosenwald Schools. Biography He had was born in Humphreys County, Tennessee, and was educated in a one-room schoolhouse. He eventually graduated from Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee, and earned a master's degree in rural school education from George Peabody College for Teachers. Smith also studied at the University of Chicago and at Harvard University, Harvard. Smith was a student of health education professor Fletcher B. Dresslar (1858–1930) who conducted an important initial survey for Rosenwald Schools. He was a rural school agent in Tennessee of the Rosenwald School program,, p.20 then General Field Agent. He created a series of school plans, for one-teacher, one-room and other sized schools, in various orientations suited for the weather and light of rural schools in the U.S. south. These designs were issued in a booklet entitled ''Community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosenwald Schools
The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the Education in the United States, United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the Southern United States, South during the early 20th century. The project was the product of the partnership of Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish-American tailor, clothier who became part-owner and president of Sears Holdings Corporation, Sears, Roebuck and Company and the African-American leader, educator, and philanthropist Booker T. Washington, who was president of the Tuskegee University, Tuskegee Institute. The need arose from the chronic underfunding of public education for African-American children in the South, as black people had been discriminated against at the turn of the century and excluded from the political system in that region. Children were required to attend School segregation in the United States, segregated schools, and even those did not exist in many places. Rosenwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loudon, TN
Loudon is a city in and the county seat of Loudon County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 6,001 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is located in East Tennessee, southwest of Knoxville, on the Tennessee River. Fort Loudoun, the colonial era fort for which the city was named, is located several miles to the south in Monroe County. Geography Loudon is located at (35.733856, -84.349417). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (3.42%) is water. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,001 people, 2,129 households, and 1,337 families residing in the city. 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 5,381 people, 1,910 households. The population density was 389.4 people per square mile (185.4/km2). There were 2,426 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 83% White, 3% African American, 0.3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln School (Pikeville, Tennessee)
Lincoln School, also known as the Lincoln Consolidated Rosenwald School, is a former African-American school in Pikeville, Tennessee, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The school was built in 1925 with assistance from the Rosenwald Fund to house a black school that previously had been located in the Pikeville Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. The building design is characteristic of a Rosenwald school, with a gable roof A gable roof is a roof consisting of two sections whose upper horizontal edges meet to form its ridge. The most common roof shape in cold or temperate climates, it is constructed of rafters, roof trusses or purlins. The pitch of a gable roof ca ..., tall narrow batteries of windows, and short piers. The school operated until 1965, educating children from kindergarten through grade 8. It was listed on the National Register in 1993. References School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stamps, AR
Stamps is a city in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,693 at the 2010 census, down from 2,131 at the 2000 census. History A post office has been in operation in Stamps since 1887. The community has the name of the local Stamps family. Stamps was the shop headquarters for the former Louisiana and Arkansas Railway until the relocation in the early 1920s to Minden in Webster Parish in northern Louisiana. Stamps has been noted on lists of unusual place names. An early postmaster quipped that Stamps was "the only town in the U.S. that stamps Stamps on stamps". File:Stamps, Arkansas (c. 1904).jpg, Stamps Ice & Fuel Company and a boxcar of the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway, c. 1904 Image:Stamps, AR Fire Department IMG_8383.JPG, Stamps Fire Department Image:Bodcaw Bank, Stamps, AR IMG_8385.JPG, Bodcaw Bank in Stamps Geography Stamps is in northeastern Lafayette County in southwestern Arkansas. U.S. Route 82 passes through the northern side of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lafayette County Training School
The Lafayette County Training School is a historic school building at 1046 Berry Street, on the former campus of Ellis High School in Stamps, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick building with a gable roof, built-in 1929 with assistance from the Rosenwald Fund. It is laid out in the shape of an H, and houses six classrooms in the side wings, with an office, library, and auditorium in the center. It is the only surviving Rosenwald School in Lafayette County. It served the area's African-American student population until 1969 when the county schools were integrated. It thereafter served as an integrated middle school until 1975, and for a time as a daycare center afterwards. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Lafayette County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lafayette County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarks Hill, SC
Clarks Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in McCormick County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 376 at the 2000 census. History The community was named after an 18th-century local blacksmith. The Hopewell Rosenwald School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. Geography Clarks Hill is located at (33.660876, -82.160302). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. The soils of Clarks Hill are moderately well drained or well drained. They have brown sandy loam topsoils which are underlain by red clay. This fine-textured material may form a distinct layer or comprise the entire subsoiThey support forests in which loblolly pine and shortleaf pine dominate. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 376 people, 133 households, and 104 families living in the CDP. The population density was 117.5 people per square mile (45.4/km2). There were 145 housing units at an average density of 45. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopewell Rosenwald School
Hopewell Rosenwald School is a historic Rosenwald school located near Clarks Hill in McCormick County, South Carolina. It was built in 1926–1927, and is a One Teacher Community Plan school consisting of two smaller rooms and one large room. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 2010. References Rosenwald schools in South Carolina African-American history of South Carolina School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina School buildings completed in 1927 Buildings and structures in McCormick County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in McCormick County, South Carolina 1927 establishments in South Carolina Educational institutions established in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomaria, SC
Pomaria is a town in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 179 at the 2010 census. History Pomaria was first settled in the mid 18th century by German, Swiss, and Dutch immigrants escaping the poverty and harsh conditions resulting from the Thirty Years' War. Many of these immigrants brought with them the beliefs and ideals of their Lutheran Religion. The first meeting of the South Carolina Lutheran Synod was in the house of John Eichelberger, who lived in Pomaria. Some of the later presidents of The Synod lived in or preached in and around Pomaria. Pomaria was later affected by the establishment of the Hope School. The Hope School was a Rosenwald School to help rural African-Americans attend school. The land was donated by the family of James Haskell Hope, who later became the longest serving Superintendent of Education of South Carolina. In addition to Hope School, the Folk-Holloway House, Hatton House, Pomaria (Summer-Huggins House), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hope Rosenwald School
The Hope Rosenwald School, also known as Hope School, is a former school at 1971 Hope Station Road near Pomaria, South Carolina. As a Rosenwald School, it served rural African-American children in the early 20th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. History James Haskell Hope, the South Carolina Superintendent of Education from 1922 to 1945, sold more than of his land for the "gift-like' price of $5 to the Trustees of School District No. 60 for Newberry County, South Carolina in 1925. Donations of $2,200 were raised. Of the private donations, $600 came from African Americans, and $400 from white Americans. State and local government contributed $1,200. The Rosenwald Fund gave $700. The building is based on the Rosenwald Two-Teacher Community School, Floor Plan No. 20. This simple design has elements of Colonial Revival architecture. The building has a wooden frame structure, a brick foundation, and a corrugated metal roof. It is next to St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Hill, Tennessee
Free Hill (also called Free Hills) is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Tennessee, United States. It is an African American community established in 1816, before the Civil War. History The original inhabitants were the freed slaves of Virginia Hill, the daughter of a wealthy North Carolina planter. After purchasing of isolated hilly land, Hill freed her slaves and turned the property over to them. Folklore suggests that the original residents included Virginia Hill's own mulatto children. At its peak, the community had about 300 residents and included two grocery stores, three clubs, two eating establishments, two churches, and a school. Today, Free Hill's population is approximately 70. Free Hills Rosenwald School The settlement's Rosenwald school was one of 354 schools for African Americans built in the early 20th century with financial support from the Julius Rosenwald Fund. The Free Hills Rosenwald School was used from approximately 1925 to 1949. The structure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Hills Rosenwald School
Free Hill (also called Free Hills) is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Tennessee, United States. It is an African American community established in 1816, before the Civil War. History The original inhabitants were the freed slaves of Virginia Hill, the daughter of a wealthy North Carolina planter. After purchasing of isolated hilly land, Hill freed her slaves and turned the property over to them. Folklore suggests that the original residents included Virginia Hill's own mulatto children. At its peak, the community had about 300 residents and included two grocery stores, three clubs, two eating establishments, two churches, and a school. Today, Free Hill's population is approximately 70. Free Hills Rosenwald School The settlement's Rosenwald school was one of 354 schools for African Americans built in the early 20th century with financial support from the Julius Rosenwald Fund. The Free Hills Rosenwald School was used from approximately 1925 to 1949. The structure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warm Springs, GA
Warm Springs is a city in Meriwether County, Georgia, United States. The population was 425 at the 2010 census. History Warm Springs, originally named Bullochville (after the Bulloch family, which began after Stephen Bullock moved to Meriwether County in 1806 from Edgecombe County, North Carolina), first came to prominence in the 19th century as a spa town, because of its mineral springs which flow constantly at nearly 90 °F (32 °C). Residents of Georgia, particularly Savannah, began spending vacations at Bullochville in the late 18th century as a way to escape yellow fever, finding the number of warm springs in the vicinity of Bullochville very attractive. In the late 19th century traveling to the warm springs was a way to escape the city (in this case Atlanta) for a short while. Traveling by railroad to Durand, visitors would then go to Bullochville. One of the places benefiting from this was the Meriwether Inn. Once the automobile became popular in the early 20th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
