Liberia School
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N 36° 21.739 W 078° 05.988
17S E 760220 N 4028042
One teacher frame school building in Warren County,NC.
Waymark Code: WMHYV4
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2013
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This restored one teacher,one classroom served the black community. Built in 1921 with funds from the Rosenwald Foundation. Building is 20' X 32'. It has one large classroom and a smaller "industrial room" for teaching home economics to the girls and farm work for the boys. One third of cost was raised by the "colored people" of the area. Julius Rosenwald was CEO of Sears Roebuck Co. and provided funds to bring schools to the black population. Located 4.5 miles southwest of Warrenton,NC on Hwy 58. Now vacant.School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Original or Re-creation?: Original
Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no
Address:
NC Highway 58
Warrenton, NC
Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: no
Year the school first opened.: Not listed
Year the school closed.: Not listed
Web Address (if available): Not listed
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