Hiram Colored School - Hiram, GA - Civil Rights Memorials on Waymarking.com

County of school: Paulding County
Location of school: Located at 614 Hiram-Douglasville Hwy (GA 92), North of Dallas
School erected: 1930
Marker erected 12-2005
Marker erected by: The Georgia Historical Society, U.N.I.T.E., & The Hiram Rosenwald School Preservation Committee

Marker text: In 1912 Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck and Company, established the Rosenwald Fund to assist in community school construction of public schools for African-American students in the South. The Julius Rosenwald Fund assisted local communities who raised additional funds. By the 1930's one in every five rural southern schools for blacks had been constructed with aid from the Rosenwald Fund, a total of nearly five thousand schools throughout the South. The Hiram Rosenwald school opened in 1930 as the Hiram Colored School. It was the only Rosenwald school in Paulding County and, at that time, the only African-American school with a library in the county. The school operated from 1930 until 1955.

Rosenwald Schools are part of history across the south

"The Hiram Colored School, built in 1930, is located on the north side of Hiram, Paulding County in a loosely developed residential area. The school is situated on a high point of a large lot featuring large mature trees and foundation plantings. Historically, the lot associated with the school was approximately 3.5 acres and currently is 1.7 acres. A short gravel drive provides access to the school from Georgia State Route (SR) 92 as well as to the adjacent streets Fitzgerald and Ragsdale.

"The Hiram Colored School is a one-story building featuring wood-framed, weatherboarded construction, asymmetrical massing, a metal hipped roof with exposed rafter tails and overhanging eaves, interior chimney, an integral front porch supported by a brick pier and brick column, and continuous brick foundation. The original windows have been replaced but the historic openings remain" ~ NRHP Nomination Form

"The Hiram Colored School in Hiram in Paulding County, Georgia was built in 1930. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. The school is located west of Georgia State Route 92 between its junctions with Fitzgerald Street and Alexander Street (formerly Ragsdale Street).

"It is a two-room Rosenwald school, built with funding from Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck and Company. The Rosenwald Fund was established in 1912 to build schools for African-American students in Southern rural areas. Though nearly 5000 schools were built using the Rosenwald Fund, the Hiram Colored School was the only Rosenwald school in Paulding County. It was also the only African-American school in the county with a library. Today, its historical significance is preserved by the Hiram Rosenwald School Preservation Committee." ~ Wikipedia