Marley_Neck_Rosenwald_School

Marley Neck Rosenwald School

Marley Neck Rosenwald School

United States historic place

The Marley Neck Rosenwald School is a historic school building located at 7780 Solley Road in Glen Burnie, Maryland. It is a single story wood-frame structure measuring 68 by 20 feet (20.7 m × 6.1 m), with a gable roof. The school was built in 1927 with design and funding assistance from the Rosenwald Fund, and served the area's African-American students. Out of the original twenty three built, it is one of the ten surviving Rosenwald schools in the county.[2]

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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1] It was used as a church hall then.[3]

Starting around 2008, the building became a community center, intended to offer after-school programs, health care screening, tutoring, and other social services and activities.[4]

See also

  • Marley Neck School at The Historical Marker Database, marked by Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Sherri M. Marsh (January 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Marley Neck Rosenwald School" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  3. [3]
    Marley Neck Rosenwald School, including photo from 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website
  4. [4]
    David Zenlea. After decades of disuse, segregation-era Marley Neck School's newly renovated building becomes a community center. Baltimore Sun, Apr 13, 2008


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