Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School
Long Ridge Community, Mars Hill, NC
History and stories
Federal Census 1930 for Madison County, North Carolina Number denotes number of children, ages 6-21 in the household (Spellings by Census Taker) MARS HILL: Coon, Doug/Sarah … 2 Henson, John … 5 Young, Ruth … 3 Rooker, Clersie … 3 Hampton, Read More …
News-Record, August 27, 1964
News-Record, April 9, 1964
Madison County Board of Education Minutes of July 2, 1956 state, “The Board voted to accept negro elementary school children from Yancey County under provisions of agreement to be worked out by the Superintendent. It was specified that Yancey County Read More …
In the 1900s, Dr. Booker T. Washington, world reknowned educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute, knew that early education was needed for children of color. Due to Booker T’s personal sojourn, determination and passion for education, a vision was Read More …
Submitted by Dan Slagle, March 6, 2012 Covers the purchse of the land in 1905 to the payment made to build the school in 1927.
Rough research, 1999-2010, by Richard Dillingham The legend of Joe comes to us from oral tradition, both white and black. The legend was first published in 1907, again in the 1930’s, and in McLeod’s college history, From These Stones in Read More …
Julius Rosenwald, president and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company, donated millions of dollars to have black schools built in the South. By 1920, the Rosenwald Fund in Chicago, established its office for the school building program in Nashville. At Read More …
Madison County, North Carolina Board of Education Minutes Related to the “Mars Hill Colored School” Also known as the “Long Ridge” and “Anderson School” – A Rosenwald Fund School Compiled by Pauline Cheek and Dan Slagle Madison County Board of Read More …
In 1928, the Madison County School Board erected a new two-room school structure where the old building stood, using the Rosenwald School Plan No. 20, leaving the industrial room off the new building. In 1929, $750 in monies came from Read More …