Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School
Long Ridge Community, Mars Hill, NC
by Tammy Watford, WLOS – Educators in Madison County recently came together to see a piece of history made new again. The Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School was built in 1928 in the Long Ridge Community to educate Black students. Read More …
by Charles Perez, WLOS – Educators in Madison County came together Tuesday, February 14, 2023 to discover a unique location now available to them in the teaching of African American history. The site, recently rehabilitated, is a former schoolhouse built Read More …
The rehabilitated Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School is revived as a beacon of Black history in America. by Melissa Reardon, WNC Magazine, Summer 2022 – Down a scenic mountain road in rural Madison County sits an important and recently rehabilitated Read More …
Fatimah Shabazz and Sally Gooze were interviewed by Carol Anders of 103.3 FM radio. Members of the Rosenwald Collaborative explain the history of the Anderson School and the events they have organized for March, May, July, and September 2022. I’m Read More …
by Chance Thweatt, reprinted with permission of The News-Record & Sentinel – MARS HILL – During segregation, the Anderson Rosenwald school educated more than 2,000 African American children from Madison County. It closed in the spring of 1965. It was Read More …
Reviving a Rosenwald School in Mars Hill, North Carolina Written by Meghan Drueding for Preservation Magazine: Winter 2020, savingplaces.org When the Friends of the Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School began rehabilitating the building in 2009, they knew the process would Read More …
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 …
Here is a copy of the resolution by the Madison County Board of Education honoring the 90th anniversary of the Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School. November 28, 2018.
On May 31, 2018 the Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The school is listed as the Mars Hill School, MD0253. Take a look at this excerpt from the documentation!
Update on the school and events from Willa Wyatt. The school now looks like the original building, with only the brick piers showing. I know you will like the way it looks! The old pine flooring has been purchased and Read More …