Cadentown Rosenwald School

Title: RIGHT ELEVATION - Cadentown Rosenwald School, Caden Lane, Lexington, Fayette County, KY. Creator(s): Doerrfeld, Dean A., creator. Date Created / Published: 2004. Medium: 4 x 5 Reproduction Number: HABS KY-288-7

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government. Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record / Historic American Landscape Survey Collection. Material in these collections is generally considered to be in the public domain.Call Number: HABS KY-288-7

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print. Place: Kentucky -- Fayette County -- Lexington. Latitude / Longitude: 37.98861, -84.47778. Collections: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

Rosenwald School is the name informally applied to over five thousand schools, shops, and teachers' homes in the United States which were built primarily for the education of African-Americans in the early 20th century. Julius Rosenwald, an American clothier who became part-owner and president of Sears, Roebuck and Company, was the founder of The Rosenwald Fund,