Title	Kansas Rosenwald School: southeast elevation
Creator(s)	Eatherly, Brad, photographer
Date	2015
Coverage	2010-2019
Property name	Kansas Rosenwald School
Additional property name	Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Date of construction	1923
Property type	School
Additional property type	Church
Community Name	Bethpage, Sumner County, TN
Description	Color photograph of a one-story, one-room Rosenwald School. The school is made in a board-and-batten style. The east elevation features eight bays of double-hung windows. The structure sits on a stone pier foundation and has a corrugated tin gabled roof. A church cemetery is seen in the background on the left and a small coal shed is visible on the right.
Historical Notes	The Kansas Rosenwald School was built in 1923 for the Kansas community near Gallatin, Tennessee. The school sat on two acres of land deeded by a man with the surname of Rittenberry to one of his African-American field hands, John Rogan. The African-American community contributed $450, the white community donated $50, the county government, by law, donated $1000, and the Rosenwald Foundation donated $500. Members of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, many of whom attended the school, built a church building upon the property. The school was built in one of the several styles that were specific to Rosenwald School designs. It had one room that served first through eighth grades with boys' and girls' cloak rooms and a kitchen. The exterior was white-washed board and batten style. the property also included a baseball field. The community utilized the property for educational, spiritual, and recreational activities for the larger community. The school ceased official operations in the 1960s during the Civil Rights Movement. Mt. Zion Baptist continued to use the structure until the 1980s when the building began to deteriorate due to disuse. The congregation is seeking to preserve the building for church and community functions.
Collection Name	Rosenwald Schools African American Churches
Subject-LCSH	Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings African American Churches -- Tennessee African American schools -- Tennessee
Subject-TGM	Churches Schools
Type	Still image
Genre	Photograph
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Copyright status	Copyright of the Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University

Kansas Rosenwald School: southeast elevation

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