Bowman Rosenwald School, which stood here from 1927 to 1952, was one of several African-American schools in Orangeburg County funded in part by the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. The school, built in 1926-27 at a cost of $6,000, was a five-room frame building typical of the larger rural schools built by the Rosenwald Foundation between 1917 and 1932. The school burned in 1952.
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Bowman Rosenwald School educated about 250 students a year for most of its history, at first in grades 1-8 with five teachers and a five-month session, but by 1948-49 in grades 1-12 with nine teachers and an eight-month session. Its enrollment grew dramatically after World War II, reaching a peak of 576 students in 1951-52, its last full school year.
| HM Number | HMT7X |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Rosenwald Schools series |
| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 38-34 |
| Year Placed | 2011 |
| Placed By | The Bowman-Rosenwald Historical Marker Committee, and the Orangeburg Chapter of the Links, Incorporated |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, September 14th, 2014 at 6:28pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 529119 N 3689345 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 33.34290000, -80.68706667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 33° 20.574', W 80° 41.224' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 33° 20' 34.44" N, 80° 41' 13.44" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 803, 843 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1193-1199 Bowman Branch Hwy, Bowman SC 29018, US |
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