Built in 1937 by the Black community, this school was in use until 1963 when it consolidated with another Pulaski County school. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
Built in 1936, the Eleanor Roosevelt School was the last Rosenwald school built. This was four years after the funding had officially stopped, but President Roosevelt had convinced the Rosenwald fund to follow through on a promise to build a school in Warm Springs. It was built as a five-teacher school and served the local community as a school until 1972 when integration officially closed it.
In 2020, the school was purchased by the Williams siblings, Voncher and Debron, through the Georgia’s Trust for Historic Preservation Revolving Fund. You can follow along on the restoration and donate by visiting their site.
When I first photographed this school gym, I thought it was an old church or school. Luckily, E. Lane Gresham read my initial post on Facebook and shared it was the gym for the Providence School in Habersham County. The school is no longer standing. Providence Baptist Church sits across the street. The building was stabilized about ten years ago.
Built in 1937 by the Bibb Manufacturing Company, the school was built to educate the school children of the local mill workers. Rose Hill was the segregated Black community in the northern part of Porterdale. It was placed on the 2020 Places in Peril list by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation because of it’s lack of use and upkeep.