Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

Record Detail

Record #230 from Segregated Schools on Delmarva

State Maryland
County Kent
School Name New Sharptown School (Rosenwald)
Location Crosby Road, Rock Hall
Date Opened 1927
Current Status Stopped functioning as a school in 1966, still standing as the Thomas H. Kiah Lodge
Source The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report, 17; Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties K-513
Additional Information Created to alleviate overcrowding, two-room two-teacher plan; Sharptown not to be confused with Wicomico County's Sharptown/San Domingo

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