Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School
Long Ridge Community, Mars Hill, NC
Explore the rehabilitated school! The tour includes great views of each room along with details of the history panels, the old piano, the bookshelf, and the old school desk. Once the tour loads you will see a lovely aerial photo Read More …
The museum room is taking shape! With a bit more work, the room will be finished and ready for tours. The room includes panels from the exhibition “Our Story, This Place — The History of African American Education in Madison Read More …
Take a trip to the 1920s when Rosenwald Schools were being constructed across the south. The photographs in this collection depict construction efforts and building progress, newly completed buildings, and damaged buildings or buildings in disrepair. Students and local residents, Read More …
Added wood trim, filled nail holes, touched-up paint, and set the stove and stove pipe in position. Dan Slagle has been working on the interior of the school for months. All the pieces are coming together! Thanks to all the Read More …
Thanks to everyone who has worked so very hard to get us to this point!
Friends of the Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School led a celebration service, ribbon cutting, and tour of the school on Friday, August 30, 2019, in celebration of ten years of progress on the school’s rehabilitation. Pictured are members of the Read More …
Work on the interior of the school: new rafters; electrical wiring; stage construction; tiling.
Renovations have begun on the interior of the school. The ceiling joists have been repaired and additional wood has been added to the addition to give space for the insulation. As the interior work has begun, some minor changes Read More …
Our volunteer crew did a great job installing the flooring this month! The flooring is now down on the long window wall. Our next step is to prep the remainder of the flooring for installation and beef up the Read More …
Wood siding was stored, thanks to our neighbors, in the house next to Mount Olive Church.