Sherman Line Rosenwald School
School in Magnolia, Mississippi, US (1928–1959)
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The Sherman Line Rosenwald School, also documented as Sherman–Line School, is a former Rosenwald school established in 1928 African American students in Amite County, Mississippi. It closed in 1959. The building is listed as a Mississippi Landmark in 2016;[3] was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017;[4] and has a historical marker erected 2019 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.[5]
Sherman Line Rosenwald School | |
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  Location within Mississippi | |
| Location | 3021 Sherman Church Rd., Magnolia, Mississippi, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 31°08′02″N 90°32′56″W[1] |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP reference No. | 100000535[2] |
| USMS No. | 0422/460[3] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 12, 2017 |
| Designated USMS | September 15, 2016 |
History
The Sherman Line Rosenwald School is one of only about a dozen surviving Rosenwald schools in Mississippi.[6]
The school was behind the Sherman Missionary Baptist Church.[7] It is located in a rural setting and although the school is technically located in Amite County, the nearest population center is Magnolia in Pike County.[7] It served Black students in both Amite and Pike Counties, for grades 1-8.[7] It used the floor plan for a three teacher community school.[6][7] In the 1940s and 1950s roughly 137 students attended the school.[7] It had two outhouses for rest room facilities.[7]
Sherman Line Rosenwald School closed in 1959, during integration.[7] The building sat vacant for a few years, until it was renovated in the 1970s and opened as a Head Start Center.[7]
The Sherman Line Development Corp. is a nonprofit established to raise funding to restore the building.[8]
