Hiram Colored School

{{Short description|Historic school in Hiram, Georgia, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Hiram Colored School | nrhp_type = | image = Hiram Colored School 1.jpg | caption = | location= W of GA 92 bet. jct. of Fitzgerald and Ragsdale Sts., Hiram, Georgia | coordinates = {{coord|33|52|53|N|84|45|36|W|source:NRIS2013a|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = USA Georgia | built = 1930 | architect OR builder = | added = May 10, 2001 | area = {{convert|1.7|acre|ha}} | refnum = 01000494<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref> }} 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.<ref name=nris/> The school is located west of Georgia State Route 92 between its junctions with Fitzgerald Street and Alexander Street (formerly Ragsdale Street).<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=01000494}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hiram Colored School |publisher=National Park Service|author=Amy Pallante |author2=Dan Latham |author3=Gloria McCrary |date=March 15, 2001 |accessdate=February 22, 2021}} With maps, plans, and {{NRHP url|id=01000494|photos=y|title=accompanying 10 photos from 1998}}</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Hiram+Rosenwald+School+%26+Museum/@33.8814764,-84.7620784,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88f53baa1f52dd2b:0x57260691387a608b!8m2!3d33.881472!4d-84.7598897 Google Maps]</ref>

It is a two-room Rosenwald school,<ref name=nrhpdoc/> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.hiramrosenwaldschool.org/about |website=The Hiram Rosenwald School Museum |access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hiram Rosenwald School & Museum |url=http://www.cityofhiramga.gov/136/Hiram-Rosenwald-School-Museum |website=City of Hiram, GA |access-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125165611/https://cityofhiramga.gov/136/Hiram-Rosenwald-School-Museum |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://www.hiramrosenwaldschool.org/ The Hiram Rosenwald School Museum website] * {{Commons category-inline}}

Category:Two-room schoolhouses Category:Rosenwald schools in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:National Register of Historic Places in Paulding County, Georgia Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1930 Category:Schools in Paulding County, Georgia