Tag Archives: schoolhouse

-Georgia, Black History, Schools

Springfield Log Cabin School-Taliaferro County, Georgia

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Built in 1935, the Springfield Log Cabin School served the Black community in Taliaferro County. It is not a Rosenwald school, but it was built in a similar fashion due to the effectiveness of the different Rosenwald designs.

In 1965, it served as a community as a Freedom School, which educated elementary and high school students to become activists and participate in the Civil Rights Movement.

The Georgia Trust of Historic Preservation listed it as a Place in Peril in 2019. You can follow restoration and fundraising efforts on the school’s Facebook page.

-Georgia, Churches and Temples, Schools

Sorrells Springs Primitive Baptist Church and School, Georgia

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Monroe, Walton County
The church

Founded in 1836, the Sorrells Springs Primitive Baptist property has a school and cemetery. I spoke to someone who was visiting a loved one in the cemetery. He confirmed it was a school but could not remember when it closed as a school.

The school
-Georgia, Abandoned, Black History, Rosenwald Schools, Schools

Tallahassee School-Hazlehurst, Georgia

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Jeff Davis County

Built in 1925 for $3600, the Tallahassee School in Hazlehurst, Georgia is a two-teacher school in desperate need of attention. While there has been a renewed interest in these schools, this is one where it seems to have been in a similar state for years now. I hope there will be a community effort to save this historical school.

-Georgia, Schools

Conn’s Creek School-Cherokee County, Georgia

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Built in 1909, this one room schoolhouse was restored by the church in the last few years.

-Georgia, Abandoned, Schools

Rest Community School-Fayette County, Georgia

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Located in Fayette County, this building started out as the Rest Community School. When it was vacated, the building was converted to a community store. The family who ran the store lived on the second floor.

-Alabama, Black History, Churches and Temples, National Register of Historic Places, Rosenwald Schools, Schools

Oak Grove School and Church-Hale County, Alabama

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The Oak Grove Church and School sit at the end of a dirt road in Prairieville, Alabama. The school was built in 1925 for the local Black community. Built as a two-teacher school at $3000, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.