# Emory School

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{{Short description|School near Greensboro, Alabama (1915–1960)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Emory School
| nrhp_type = 
| image = Emory_School_at_Prairieville,_AL.jpg
| caption = 
| nearest_city = [Greensboro, Alabama](/source/Greensboro%2C_Alabama), US
| coordinates = {{coord|32|36|46|N|87|41|48|W|region:US-AL_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Alabama
| area = 
| built = 1915
| architect = [William Augustus Hazel](/source/William_Augustus_Hazel)
| architecture = 
| added = February 20, 1998
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500011|title=The Rosenwald School Building Fund and Associated Buildings MPS}}
| refnum = 98000109<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
}}

The '''Emory School''' (1915–1960), also known as the '''Tunstall School''', is a historic [one teacher](/source/One-teacher_school) [Rosenwald School](/source/Rosenwald_School) building, and former [Black school](/source/Black_school), located near [Greensboro, Alabama](/source/Greensboro%2C_Alabama) in rural [Hale County](/source/Hale_County%2C_Alabama), [Alabama](/source/Alabama), US. The school was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) on February 20, 1998, as a part of [The Rosenwald School Building Fund and Associated Buildings Multiple Property Submission](/source/The_Rosenwald_School_Building_Fund_and_Associated_Buildings_Multiple_Property_Submission).<ref name="nris" />

== History ==
It was built in 1915 to the designs of architect [William Augustus Hazel](/source/William_Augustus_Hazel). The land for the school was donated by the Tunstall family, a wealthy white family in Hale County.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web |author= |date= |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Emory School |url={{NRHP url|id=98000109}} |accessdate=August 11, 2025 |publisher=[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service)}} With {{NRHP url|id=98000109|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}}</ref> The [Julius Rosenwald Fund](/source/Julius_Rosenwald_Fund) provided $300; the local African-American community raised $550; the State of Alabama contributed $200; and the local white community contributed $10 to build the school.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mansell |first=Jeff |author2=Trina Binkley |author3=Susan Entzweiler |title=Emory School |url={{NRHP url|id=98000109}} |work=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form |publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=March 11, 2014 |date=February 16, 1997 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6O0dEvt8i?url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/nrhp/text/98000109.pdf |archivedate=March 11, 2014 |url-status=live }} ''See also:'' {{cite web|title=Accompanying photos |url={{NRHP url|id=98000109|photos=y}} |accessdate=March 11, 2014 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6O0dFxQIo?url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/nrhp/photos/98000109.pdf |archivedate=March 11, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nrhpdoc" />  

The Emory School continued in use until 1960 when the students were consolidated with the Sawyerville School in [Sawyerville, Alabama](/source/Sawyerville%2C_Alabama).<ref name="nrhpdoc" /> After the closure the building was abandoned and used for agricultural storage.<ref name="nrhpdoc" />

==References==
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{{NRHP in Hale County, Alabama}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Alabama}}
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Category:1915 establishments in Alabama
Category:1960 disestablishments in Alabama
Category:Defunct black public schools in the United States that closed when schools were integrated
Category:Defunct schools in Alabama
Category:Historically segregated African-American schools in Alabama
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hale County, Alabama
Category:Rosenwald schools in Alabama
Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
Category:School buildings completed in 1915
Category:Education in Hale County, Alabama

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