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Photograph of Hope Rosenwald School
Photograph by Gamehope, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Hope Rosenwald School

Built in 1926 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

From the record

“The Hope Rosenwald School, also known as Hope School, is a former school at 1971 Hope Station Road near Pomaria, South Carolina. As a Rosenwald School, it served rural African-American children in the early 20th century.”

Wikipedia article Hope Rosenwald School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 37 National Register listings published here for Newberry County · listed in 2007 · category: Building · built in 1926, Colonial Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 1971 Hope Station Rd., Pomaria, 29126
  • When was it listed? October 2007
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Pomaria
  • When was it built? 1926
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 07001045 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Hope Rosenwald School between 1992 and 2019, burning about 301 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use12
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2016Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Newberry County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hope Rosenwald School: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dawkins Sand DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Newberry County

Storms near this property

27 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pomaria, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Flash FloodPomaria$250,000Highway 176 bridge across Cannons Creek damaged and partially collapsed due to flood waters.
November 2002Tornado (F1)Pomaria$16,000An F1 tornado blew down an 80 ft long farm shed, took down many trees, and did minor damage to a couple of homes. The path ran from Central School rd (SC hwy 320), across SC hwy 202 to SC hwy 514.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindPomaria$4,000Sheriff reported several trees down in the Pomaria area.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPomaria$4,000SKYWARN spotters reported trees down in Pomeria.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindPomaria$3,000A few trees were downed in Pomaria. Some power outages were reported. Time estimated.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPomaria$2,000Electic company reported a couple of trees down on New Hope road.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Newberry Dispatch reported trees down blocking road near the intersection of Peak Rd and Gateway Dr, which knocked down powerlines.
July 2024Flash FloodPomaria-Newberry County EM reported US-176 closed due to Flash Flooding.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPomaria-SC Highway Patrol reported a tree down in the roadway and blocking the road at Hwy 176 and New Hope Rd near Pomaria. Time estimated.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Newberry Co dispatch reported numerous trees down in Pomaria and vicinity.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPomaria-SC Highway Patrol reported trees down at the intersection of SC Highway 176 and SC Highway 202.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Multiple trees and power lines were down and several homes damaged in the vicinity of Pomaria Garmany Elementary School.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Numerous trees downed in the Pomaria area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Highway Patrol reported trees down at SC 773 and U.S. 176 near Pomaria.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Public reported trees down n Pomeria.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Sheriff reported a couple of trees down across hwy 773 and Jollystreet road.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Sheriff reported trees down Holy Trinity Church road and Parr road, which is near Broad River Road.
April 2007HailPomaria-Visitor to office reported nickel size hail at her home southwest of Pomeria.
November 2003Thunderstorm WindPomaria-SKYWARN spotter reported a couple of trees down in Pomeria.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Shieriff reported trees down on powerlines.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPomaria-SKYWARN spotter reported some trees and powerlines down in Pomeria.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Highway dept. reported trees down east of Pomaria.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Sheriff reported trees down in Pomaria and Peak.
May 2001HailPomaria-Dreher Is. State Park reported 3/4 inch hail.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Sheriff reported tress down on hwy 34.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Sheriff reported trees down.
January 1995Tornado (F0)Pomaria-Tornado touched down and sheared off two trees.

Every storm recorded in Newberry County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
St. John's Lutheran Church1.2 miles1978
Pomaria1.6 miles1979
Folk-Holloway House3.2 miles1992
Hatton House3.3 miles1990
Little Mountain Historic District5.7 miles2003
Jacob Bedenbaugh House6.6 miles2011

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 07001045 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Newberry CountyAll 37 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.