Milner-Rosenwald Academy

The Milner-Rosenwald Academy building is a former Rosenwald School, located at 1560 Highland Street, Mount Dora, Florida.

It was opened in 1926, based on a design by architect Frank L. Bodine, and served students up to 8th grade.

[2] The construction of the new school, which commenced in 1925, was funded by the Rosenwald Foundation, local caucasian resident, Reverend Duncan C. Milner, a civil war veteran, who fought at the Battle of Chickamauga[3][4] and public school funds.

The original school building was used to house the community's first kindergarten, followed by a branch library, local youth center and is currently used by the Head Start program.

[7][8] In 2009 the building failed to get recognized on the National Register of Historic Places due to early structural alterations to the original large windows.