Mount Sinai School
1820 Cty. Rd. 57, Prattville, Alabama
A historic Rosenwald School in rural Autauga County, Alabama, northwest of Prattville.
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Mount Sinai School
Photo taken by WillyT
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Coordinates:
+32.55020, -86.5456232°33'01" N, 86°32'44" W
Quadrangle map:Old Kingston
Description
The Mount Sinai School is a historic Rosenwald School in rural Autauga County, Alabama, northwest of Prattville. The one-story frame building was built in 1919 to the designs of W.A. Hazel to serve the local African American community. The money to build it was provided by the Julius Rosenwald Fund. The school was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on February 2, 2001. It was subsequently listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 2001, as a part of The Rosenwald School Building Fund and Associated Buildings Multiple Property Submission.
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 2001
- Reference number
- 01001296
- Areas of significance
- Education; Ethnic Heritage - Black; Architecture
- Level of significance
- Local
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- School
- Periods of significance
- 1900-1924; 1925-1949; 1950-1974
- Significant years
- 1919; 1935
Update Log
- June 5, 2011: New photos from WillyT
- May 23, 2011: Updated by WillyT: Added Description