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Fife, Virginia

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The county sold the building to the church after closing the school in 1959, when students were moved to an integrated school nearby. Since the early 21st century, it has been adapted as a museum about education, called the Second Union (Rosenwald) School Museum.
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The area was developed for agriculture, and many African Americans continued to work on former plantations into the 20th century. In the early 20th century, public education was segregated and schools for African Americans were underfunded.
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to support construction of new schools for rural African-American children in the South. Four were built in western Goochland County, and a total of 12.
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called Fife's was established in 1827, named after the first owner of the village site. The name was changed to Fife in 1893.
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in the county, built in 1918 with assistance from Chicago philanthropist
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fife
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Unincorporated communities in Goochland County, Virginia
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Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
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unincorporated community
Goochland County, Virginia
Goochland
Rosenwald school
Julius Rosenwald
Second Union School
National Register of Historic Places
post office
Julius Rosenwald
Tuskegee Institute
Second Union School


U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fife
The origins of unusual place-names
"Post Offices"
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Second Union School"
Accompanying four photos
"History"
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Goochland County, Virginia
County seat
Goochland
CDP
Goochland
Unincorporated
communities

Cedar Point
Childress

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