Reid's Grove School is a historic
Rosenwald school
The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the South during the early 20th century. The project was the product of the partn ...
located near
Gatesville,
Gates County, North Carolina
Gates County is a County (United States), county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of North Carolina, on the border with Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 10,478, making it the Li ...
. It was built in 1927, and is a one-story, side-gable frame school with a prominent projecting single-bay gabled
wing. It was one of seven schools in the county financed and constructed with the assistance of the
Rosenwald Fund
The Rosenwald Fund (also known as the Rosenwald Foundation, the Julius Rosenwald Fund, and the Julius Rosenwald Foundation) was established in 1917 by Julius Rosenwald and his family for "the well-being of mankind." Rosenwald became part-owner of ...
for the education of African-American children. It replaced an earlier school built in the 1880s. The building ceased its function as a school in 1951.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 2011.
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References
Historically segregated African-American schools in North Carolina
Rosenwald schools in North Carolina
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
School buildings completed in 1927
Buildings and structures in Gates County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Gates County, North Carolina
1927 establishments in North Carolina
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