Plaisance School | |
Plaisance Rosenwald School
Plaisance High School | |
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Location | 3264 LA 167, Plaisance, Louisiana, United States |
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Coordinates | 30°37′07″N 92°07′57″W / 30.618611°N 92.1325°W |
Built | 1921 |
NRHP reference No. | 04000080 |
Added to NRHP | August 23, 2004[1] |
Plaisance School is a school, established in 1921 in Plaisance, Louisiana, United States. The school was segregated during the Jim Crow-era and served African American students.[2] It also went by the names Plaisance High School, and Plaisance Rosenwald School.[3][1]
The Plaisance School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004, for the schools contribution to educational history and Black ethnic heritage.[1][4] A historical marker commemorates the school history.[5][6]
The Plaisance School is one of very few surviving Rosenwald Schools, still actively being used as a school building[1] and now serving Plaisance Elementary School.
The Plaisance School was built in 1921 as Rosenwald School.[7] The building housed 160 students in grades 1st–7th, during the period of 1920 until 1953.[1] Up until the 1960s, the Plaisance School was the only school for African American students in the community.[1] Only 393 Rosenwald Schools were built in Louisiana (between 1914 and 1932), and few are left in existence.[1]
Merline Pitre, is an alumnus and taught French at the school.[8]
Plaisance High School was consolidated into Northwest High School in 1991, and the building serves as Plaisance Elementary School. Opelousas students from 5th–8th grade take classes in the historical classrooms.[9] In 2017 and 2022, there were plans to restore and repair the structure.[10][11]