The Rosenwald Connection: Community repairs historic Mars Hill school
Volume
28
/ Issue 35
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
Edwin Arnaudin
Thirteen years after the Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School’s fate was in jeopardy, individuals committed to its preservation have completed an extensive round of repairs and are poised to reinvent the space as an interpretive museum and cultural community arts center.
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Friends of the Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School complete repairs to historic building
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