Rosenwald School, Cape Charles

Booker T Washington and Julius Rosenwald built about 5000 Rosenwald Schools for African-American children across the South. By 1928, one-third of the South’s rural black children were served by Rosenwald Schools. This one in Cape Charles closed in the early 1960s, and was used as a fish processing facility for a few years before closing completely. It will be renovated by a local trust in the next two years.