Mount Sinai School
Mount Sinai School in July 2011
Location1820 County Road 57, Prattville, Alabama
Coordinates32°33′01″N 86°32′43″W / 32.5502°N 86.5452°W / 32.5502; -86.5452
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1919
ArchitectW.A. Hazel
MPSThe Rosenwald School Building Fund and Associated Buildings Multiple Property Submission
NRHP reference No.01001296[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 29, 2001
Designated ARLHFebruary 2, 2001

The Mount Sinai School is a historic Rosenwald School in rural Autauga County, Alabama, USA, northwest of Prattville. The one-story frame building was built in 1919 to the designs of W.A. Hazel to serve the local African American community. The money to build it was provided by the Julius Rosenwald Fund. The school was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on February 2, 2001.[2] It was subsequently listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 2001, as a part of The Rosenwald School Building Fund and Associated Buildings Multiple Property Submission.[1]

The school was founded in c. 1891 while holding classes in the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, and had its first building financed by the students’ parents. The original building was located between the church and the train station in Booth. The original building was blown down in an assumed storm, and the school relocated back to the church before the building was rebuilt at its current site. As of 2001, it is owned by the Mt. Sinai Community Center.[1]

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  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage". Alabama Historical Commission. www.preserveala.org. June 4, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2009.
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