Ruthville High School
Schools were precious to a community denied education for centuries. Following the Civil War one and two-room schools for "colored" children were established around the county. It was here in Ruthville, however, that a commitment to learning first provided children with more than a basic education. Churches and benevolent societies around the country raised money to build this three-room manual training school in 1911. By 1923 a faculty of five teachers prepared girls to be homemakers and boys to be farmers in a school that had expanded to six rooms. The first brick high school was constructed in 1930 with a grant from the Rosenwald Fund after local residents had raised 27 percent of the cost of its construction.| HM Number | HMHHI |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Rosenwald Schools series |
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| Placed By | Charles City County, Waste Management |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, September 14th, 2014 at 1:38pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 319131 N 4137595 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 37.36746667, -77.04253333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 22.048', W 77° 2.552' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 22' 2.88" N, 77° 2' 33.12" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 804 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 13120 The Glebe Ln, Charles City VA 23030, US |
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