Rozelle Elementary School - Memphis, TN - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"This school is one of few examples of seventeenth century Jacobean style architecture in Memphis. The 1914 school was designed by architects Walk C. Jones Sr. and Max Furbringer; additions followed in ca. 1925 and ca. 1930. One of the buildings was used at one time as a branch of the Cossitt Library. The school was an “all-white” school until Oct. 3, 1961, when 13 African-American first-graders were enrolled in Bruce, Gordon, Rozelle and Springdale Elementary Schools. No more than four Black students were enrolled per school and only one per class. In 1982 the Memphis Board of Education nominated a dozen schools to the National Register in a Multiple Property Listing of public schools constructed between 1902 and 1915; of the seven that were accepted, Rozelle is one of three that remain in use today and are still on the NR." (visit link)

Street address: 993 Roland St. Memphis, TN USA County / Borough / Parish: Shelby Year listed: 1982 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Education Current function: Education Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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