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Rocky Swamp Rosenwald School

Rocky Swamp Rosenwald School is a South Carolina historical marker in Neeses vicinity, Orangeburg County, dedicated 2013.

Orangeburg County · dedicated 2013 · Norway Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 38-36), E of Levi Pond Rd., Neeses vicinity, Neeses vicinity

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Front: This is the site of Rocky Swamp Rosenwald School, a frame three-room school built here in 1920-21 for African-American students in Neeses and vicinity. An elementary school with two to three teachers in grades 1-9, it was one of more than 500 schools in S.C. funded in part by the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. Reverse: This school was built at a total cost of $4,100, with contributions from the black community, the white community, Orangeburg County, and the Rosenwald Fund. It opened for the 1921-22 school year with 199 students, averaging 145 students until 1942. Rocky Swamp closed after the 1950-51 school year.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Rocky Swamp Rosenwald School Historical Marker Committee and the Orangeburg Chapter of The Links, Incorporated

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