Dallas County Training School High School Building (Fordyce, Arkansas)

 school, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, American Craftsman (architecture), Rosenwald School

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

Built: 1931
Expanded: 1954 (rear addition)
Architectural style: American Craftsman
Areas of significance: Education; Black Ethnic Heritage
Area: less than 1 acre
Also known as: J.E. Wallace School
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.