The Galesville Rosenwald School was an elementary school for African-American children in Galesville, Maryland.

The school opened in 1929 with one room, and expanded to two rooms in 1931. It was a Rosenwald school, whose design and construction was funded privately by the Rosenwald Fund.[1]

It closed in 1956 as schools were racially integrated, and black students were then bussed to other schools. A community group set the building up as a community center.[2]

The building was restored with grant funding and is now the home of the Galesville Community Center, at 916 West Benning Road in Galesville.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Galesville & the Rosenwald Schools, Galesville Community Center Organization web site. Includes photos
  2. ↑ Krista Pfunder. Galesville receives grant for Rosenwald documentary. Bay Weekly
  3. ↑ Galesville Community Center Organization web site
  4. ↑ Galesville Community Center Organization. Field Guide to Galesville, p. 25
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