Built in 1912, the Oakdale School was built by the mill. The one-room schoolhouse was active until 1943 when it merged when another school.
Oakdale School-Jamestown, North Carolina
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Mount Nebo Baptist Church, School, and Cemetery-Accomack County, Virginia
The church was built in 1891 to serve the spiritual needs of the Black community on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. At the moment, I am unable to find any other information on the history of the church and school.
Pleasant Plains School-Pleasant Plains, North Carolina
Located a few miles north of Ahoskie, North Carolina, the Pleasant Plains School is an atypical Rosenwald School built in 1920. The three classroom school was built more in the tradition of the many rural schools that could found in this area of North Carolina. Many of these schools were built from plans that the state of North Carolina provided to communities in the early 1900s.
The school replaced an earlier school building that was built by the Pleasant Plains Baptist Church, an early congregation for free People of Color to worship that started prior to the Civil War. That school was built in 1866. The school provided education for Black and Native American children of the area until 1950.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
Schoolhouse-Beaufort County, North Carolina
This building could be a church, but this is similar schoolhouse design frequently seen throughout North Carolina.
Ware Creek School-Blounts Creek, North Carolina
Built in 1921, this three-teacher type school is located in Beaufort County, North Carolina. It was in use until 1956 and now serves as a community center. It was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
Canetuck Rosenwald School-Currie, North Carolina
The Canetuck School was built in Pender County, North Carolina near Currie. The two-teacher type school was built in 1922 in an historic Black community known as Canetuck. It was one of fifteen Rosenwald schools built in Pender County. The school stayed open until 1958.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.