413 Port Republic Rd

From the National Register nomination

Two-story Modernist school of brick construction with grouped metal-framed casement windows indicating classroom locations, and unglazed areas reflecting service or circulation spaces. The 1938- 1939 auditorium, located at the north end of the complex, is a semi-detached, gabled brick-faced tile-block edifice with large window openings that have been blocked up. A 1951 wing of the school is similarly styled to the main section of the building in a simple modernistic mode. A brick retaining wall along Port Republic Road and Fontaine Street allows the ground level of the school to be below street grade. Playing fields, basketball courts, and other recreation-oriented outdoor spaces adjoin the school, along with a large paved parking lot located to its rear. The school is classified as non-contributing in to the district solely as a result of the age of the most dominant portion qf the building (as of 2001, the ca. 1959 section 1s eight years too young to be considered contributing). | The city's original Julius Rosenwald Training School or simply Rosenwald School was erected in 1924 with funds raised by the community and supplemented by the Rosenwald Fund. The building, which originally had four classrooms and an auditorium, was expanded to six classrooms with Civil Works Administration funding in 1934. Enrollment typically numbered between 100 and 200 during the late 1920s and early 1930s. The original building and the 1934 addition were replaced by the present facility in 1959, but the 1938-39 auditorium/gymnasium and a 1951 addition were retained. High school and junior high students were reassigned to other schools in 1965 and the facility, renamed the Rosenwald Community Center, has since served as offices for the city department of parks and recreation. (Clark et al, "Waynesboro's Black Community,” 3, 42, 44-45; George Hawke; Sanborn maps)