Historic Schools of Fauquier County, Virginia

Remington Colored School class picture, taken @1900.
Photo courtesy of the Brown/ Gibson family archives

Historic Schools of Fauquier County, Virginia	USGS Topo Map
Bethel School	Marshall
Blackwell Town School	Midland
Cherry Hill School	Linden
Crest Hill School	Flint Hill
Fenny Hill School	Upperville
Foster Hill School	Marshall
Goldvein School	Goldvein
Good Hope School	Somerville
Hitch School	Flint Hill
Hume School	Flint Hill
Hurleytown School	Warrenton
John Barton Payne High School	Remington
Lake Field School	Rectortown
Landmark School	Middleburg
Litchfield School	Remington
Merry School	Midland
Midland School	Midland
Morgantown School	Orlean
Pilgrim Rest School	Thoroughfare Gap
Piney Mountain School	Jeffersonton
Piney Ridge School	Remington
Public School Number 18	Marshall
Rosenwald School	Catlett
Rosenwald School	Warrenton
Saint Stephens School	Catlett
Turkey Run School	Catlett
Waterloo School	Jeffersonton

Warrenton Training Center (aka Rosenwald).

Rosenwald Schools (may also be listed above as historic)

Name	USGS Topo Map
A vast library of photos and details on historic Rosenwald schools in Fauquier County can be found by visiting the Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County using the following search criteria
Rectortown School	Rectortown
Routts Hill School	Opal
Crest Hill School	Flint Hill
Greenville School	Greenville
Piney Ridge School	Remington
Rosenwald School	Catlett
Rosenwald School(Warrenton Training Center)	Warrenton
Morgantown School	Orlean
All Rosenwald Schools in Fauquier

Catlett School.

Below are three links to YouTube videos created by the students of Liberty High School…

Blackwelltown School – AP US History Project

Routt’s Hill School – AP US History Project

Piney Ridge School – AP US History Project

Sources:

Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County, 2015, “Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County Online Database”, retrieved 5/22/2015 from http://www.aahafauquier.org/

Fisk University, 2001, “Fisk University Rosenwald Fund Card File Database”, retrieved 5/22/2015 from http://rosenwald.fisk.edu/

National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2001, “History of the Rosenwald School Program”, retrieved 5/17/2015 from http://www.preservationnation.org/rosenwald/history.html

Place Keeper, 2014, Future Works LLC, retrieved 5/22/2015 from http://www.placekeeper.com/

Virginia Home Town Locator, 2015, “Fauquier County VA Historical Schools”, retrieved 5/22/2015 from http://virginia.hometownlocator.com/features/historical,class,school,scfips,51061.cfm

Wikipedia, 2015, “Julius Rosenwald”, retrieved 5/17/2015 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Rosenwald

About S.P. Brown

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4 Responses to Historic Schools of Fauquier County, Virginia

Barbara Mayers says:

December 15, 2018 at 7:51 am

This brings back so many memories. I loved my days at the Piney Ridge school, though by then it was called Remington Grade School.

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Richard Pate says:

January 25, 2019 at 7:39 pm

Sadly, the Routts Hill Rosenwald school fell victim to developer greed. Rockwood Homes, Inc purchased the school and property in April of 2018 for $43,000. By August of 2018, the school was gone and a cheesy, base model house stood in its place.

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- S.P. Brown says:
  
  January 25, 2019 at 7:51 pm
  
  That’s a shame. The last I heard, that school was to be a museum or refurbished as a replica of its former self. I wasn’t expecting this news, thank you
  
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  - Richard Pate says:
    
    January 30, 2019 at 9:04 pm
    
    I had heard the same. I don’t know what derailed this. It is incredibly sad that people choose profit over preservation.
    
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