The History of the Noble Hill School and Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center
On Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., Bartow History Museum welcomes Marian Coleman, curator of the Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center in Cassville, Georgia, who will discuss the history of the school and center.
Noble Hill School was built in 1923 and served as the only school that black elementary-age students in Cassville (and near-by cities) could attend. Noble Hill was a Rosenwald school, named for Julius Rosenwald, a northern Jewish businessman and philanthropist. In 1912, Booker T. Washington approached Rosenwald about his concept to build rural schools desperately needed for African American children across the segregated south. That partnership sparked an initiative that eventually created more than 5300 schools, vocational shops and teacher’s homes across 15 states in the South and Southwest from 1912-1932.
This Evening Lecture will take place at the Bartow History Museum located at
4 E. Church Street in downtown Cartersville. Parking is available next to the building. The lecture is free to members and included with the price of admission for not-yet members. For more information on this and other BHM programs, call 770-382-3818, ext. 6288 or visit our website at www.bartowhistorymuseum.org.
