Retreat Rosenwald School, also known as the Retreat Colored School, is a historic Rosenwald School located at Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina.
Retreat Rosenwald School | |
Retreat Rosenwald School, November 2009 | |
Location | 150 Pleasant Hill Cir., Westminster, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°38′28″N 83°3′50″W / 34.64111°N 83.06389°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1924 |
MPS | Rosenwald School Building Program in South Carolina, 1917-1932 |
NRHP reference No. | 11000676[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 15, 2011 |
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It was built in 1924, and is a one-story, T-shaped, two-teacher community school. The building has three main rooms consisting of two classrooms and an industrial room in the forward-projecting wing. The school closed in 1950.[2][3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/12/11 through 9/16/11. National Park Service. 2011-09-23.
- ^ Helen Rosemond-Saunders and Evan Kutzler (July 2011). "Retreat Rosenwald School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "Retreat Rosenwald School, Oconee County (150 Pleasant Hill Cir., Westminster vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 29, 2014.