46-74 St. James Rosenwald School, York County S.C

This was one of twenty African American schools build in Your County in the early 20th century with support from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation, which helped fund nearly 5000 new schools for Black pupils across the South, including approx. 500 in S.C. This school was built in 1929 – 1930 at the cost of $3000 and sits on a 4-acre lot.  It follows a two-teacher design plan commonly used for smaller Rosenwald School.

St. James School’s first principal at this location was James W. Goudlock. It served local families until 1957 and was one of many local schools to close in the 1950s as part of the consolidation of York Co. school systems. Three teachers instructed seventy pupils during the school’s final year. This building later housed St. Paul’s Baptist Church. It is one of the only Rosenwald schools still standing in York Co.