Mt. Olive Rosenwald School

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Historic Rosenwald school listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1927
Architectural style: Colonial Revival
Areas of significance: Education; Black Ethnic Heritage
Area: 3.25 acres
Date added to NRHP: 1/21/2004

Julius Rosenwald was a white businessman, philanthropist and co-owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company. One of his philanthropic activities, in collaboration with famed African American educator Booker T. Washington, involved founding a charitable fund in 1917 that was dedicated to building schools in the rural south specifically for the educational advancement of African-Americans. This was one such school.

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Olive_Rosenwald_School

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Coordinates: 33°25'43"N 92°3'34"W

Godfrey Landing, AR. 20 km
Fountain Hill, Arkansas 21 km
Lake Georgia Pacific 22 km
University of Arkansas - Monticello 29 km
Georgia Pacific Plywood Operations 33 km
Georgia Pacific Paper Operations 33 km
Lake Monticello 37 km
Horseshoe Lake 48 km
Overflow National Wildlife Refuge 54 km
Jerome War Relocation Center (central area) 56 km

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Godfrey Landing, AR. Fountain Hill, Arkansas Lake Georgia Pacific University of Arkansas - Monticello Georgia Pacific Plywood Operations Georgia Pacific Paper Operations Lake Monticello Horseshoe Lake Overflow National Wildlife Refuge Jerome War Relocation Center (central area)