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The Ridgeley School is a historic
Rosenwald school The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the South during the early 20th century. The project was the product of the partn ...
building at 8605 Central Avenue in
Capitol Heights, Maryland Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located on the border of both the Northeast & Southeast quadrants of Washington. Per the 2020 census, the population was 4,050. The town of Capitol Heights is offici ...
. It is a single-story wood-frame structure with a hip roof, built in 1927 with funding support from the
Rosenwald Fund The Rosenwald Fund (also known as the Rosenwald Foundation, the Julius Rosenwald Fund, and the Julius Rosenwald Foundation) was established in 1917 by Julius Rosenwald and his family for "the well-being of mankind." Rosenwald became part-owner of ...
. Originally built with two classrooms, a third was added later. In 2009-11 the property underwent restoration and conversion for use as a local history museum. It is one of four two-room Rosenwald schools built in
Prince George's County Prince George's County (often shortened to PG County or PG) is located in the U.S. state of Maryland bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 967,201, making it the second-most populous ...
., at Maryland Historical Trust website The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 2015.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Prince George's County, Maryland This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Prince George's County, Maryland. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Prince George's Cou ...


References

African-American history of Prince George's County, Maryland Buildings and structures in Maryland School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland School buildings completed in 1927 National Register of Historic Places in Prince George's County, Maryland Rosenwald schools in Maryland 1927 establishments in Maryland {{Maryland-school-stub