page_title: Ridgeley School
hierarchical_section_title: Ridgeley School
caption_attribution_description: An exterior image of the Ridgeley Rosenwald School after its restoration. It was built in 1927 to serve the Black community in Capitol Heights. In 2011 it was restored and reopened as a museum. This site was selected for Endangered Maryland in 2007.
context_page_description: The Ridgeley School is a historic Rosenwald school building at 8605 Central Avenue in Capitol Heights, Maryland. It is a single-story wood frame structure with a hip roof, built in 1927 with funding support from the Rosenwald Fund. Originally built with two classrooms, a third was added later. In 2009-11 the property underwent restoration and conversion for use as a local history museum. It is one of four two-room Rosenwald schools built in Prince George's County.
  The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
context_section_description: The Ridgeley School is a historic Rosenwald school building at 8605 Central Avenue in Capitol Heights, Maryland. It is a single-story wood frame structure with a hip roof, built in 1927 with funding support from the Rosenwald Fund. Originally built with two classrooms, a third was added later. In 2009-11 the property underwent restoration and conversion for use as a local history museum. It is one of four two-room Rosenwald schools built in Prince George's County.
  The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
caption: Ridgeley School in September, 2011, after its restoration.
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