The Rosenwald Connection: Community repairs historic Mars Hill school

Volume
28
/ Issue
35

Cover Design Credit:

Scott Southwick

Cover 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.

arts

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living

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opinion