Category Archives: Black History

Cusseta Industrial School, Chattahoochee County

Built in 1929, the Cusseta School, as it was known originally, is a two-teacher type school sitting on the edge of town in Cusseta, Georgia. It was built for $2973. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

Shady Grove School-Americus, Georgia

Sumter County

Built in 1921, this is the Shady Grove School, a Rosenwald three-teacher type school in Sumter County, Georgia. Later known as the Nunn Industrial School, it cost $2,300 to build.

Old Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church

Retreat Rosenwald School, South Carolina

Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina

Built in 1924, the Retreat School sits on edge of Westminster, South Carolina. This two-teacher type school was built for $2300. It was open until 1950.

Put on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011, it was fully restored and reopened in 2021.

St. James AME Church-Cassville, Georgia

Bartow County

Organized in 1872, this Cassville church began as a Presbyterian Church prior to the Civil War, but after the Civil War, the land and the church was given to Black families to start a new church.

Noble Hill Rosenwald School-Cassville, Georgia

Bartow County

Now known as the Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center, this Rosenwald school was built in 1923 for the Black children of Bartow County. It closed in 1955 when schools were consolidated within the county. It now serves as a museum and community center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

New Hope Rosenwald School, Chambers County

Built in 1916, the New Hope School was built in Chambers County, Alabama. It’s a one-teacher type school and was built with $1200. The school was recently restored. It was in use until 1958, four years after Brown v. Board of Education was decided.