Retreat Rosenwald School, also known as the Retreat Colored School, is a historic

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located at

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Oconee County, South Carolina Oconee County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,607. Its county seat is Walhalla and its largest city is Seneca. Oconee County is included in the Seneca, SC Micropoli ...

It was built in 1924, and is a one-story, T-shaped, two-teacher community school. The building has three main rooms consisting of two classrooms and an industrial room in the forward-projecting wing. The school closed in 1950. It was added to the

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in 2011.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Defunct schools in South Carolina 1924 establishments in South Carolina Educational institutions established in 1924 African-American history of South Carolina Rosenwald schools in South Carolina Schools in Oconee County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Oconee County, South Carolina {{OconeeCountySC-NRHP-stub