Chicot County Training School (Dermott, Arkansas)
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school, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, American Craftsman (architecture), Rosenwald School
Historic Rosenwald school listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Built: 1929
Architect: adapted from a floor plan by Samuel Smith (of the Rosenwald Fund)
Architectural style: American Craftsman
Areas of significance: Education; Black Ethnic Heritage
Area: less than 1 acre
Also known as: Morris Booker Memorial College
Date added to NRHP: 5/26/2004
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.
Built: 1929
Architect: adapted from a floor plan by Samuel Smith (of the Rosenwald Fund)
Architectural style: American Craftsman
Areas of significance: Education; Black Ethnic Heritage
Area: less than 1 acre
Also known as: Morris Booker Memorial College
Date added to NRHP: 5/26/2004
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/Chicot_County_Training_School
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 33°32'8"N 91°26'19"W
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