Samuel L. Smith

Samuel L. Smith was a school administrator and practical architect involved in school design for

Biography

He had was born in

Smith was a student of health education professor Fletcher B. Dresslar (1858–1930) who conducted an important initial survey for Rosenwald Schools.^[2] He was a rural school agent in Tennessee of the Rosenwald School program,^[3] then General Field Agent.

He created a series of school plans, for one-teacher, one-room and other sized schools, in various orientations suited for the weather and light of rural schools in the U.S. south. These designs were issued in a booklet entitled Community School Plans, which also included contractor specifications and other guidance.

Works

Numerous works associated with him survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Works credited to him include (with variants in attribution as indicated in National Register listing):

• Whiteville, TN
  (Smith, Samuel L.)
• Toad Suck, AR
  (Smith, Samuel L.)
• DeLeon Springs, FL
  (Smith, Samuel L.)
• Loudon, TN
  (Smith, Samuel L.)
• Durham's Chapel School, 5055 Old TN 31E Bethpage, TN (Smith, Samuel L.)
• Warm Springs, GA
  (Smith, Samuel L.)
• Free Hills Rosenwald School, Free Hills Rd., E of TN 52 Free Hill, TN
  (Smith, Samuel L.)
• Pomaria, SC
  (Smith, Samuel L.)
• Clarks Hill, SC
  (Smith, Samuel L.)
• Stamps, AR
  (Smith, Samuel L.)
• Pikeville, TN
  (Smith, Samuel)
• Midway, AL
  (Smith, Samuel)
• Prairieville, AL
  (Smith, Samuel)
• Orange City, FL
  (Smith, Samuel L.)
• Ridge Spring, SC
  (Smith, Samuel L.)
• Selma Rosenwald School, Selma—Collins Rd., approx. 0.25 mi. S of US 278 Selma, AR (Smith, Samuel)
• Hope Hull, AL
  (Smith, Samuel L.)
• Wells School, 4140 Collierville—Arlington Rd. Eads, TN (Smith, Samuel)

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