In 1884 T.J and Josie Burgess deeded a piece of land to the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Trustees to build a place of worship in Sadieville. There is no record of when the church building was completed, but the bell has the year 1896 engraved on it.
Between 1917 – 1920 the Sadieville Rosenwald School was built with funds from the Rosenwald Fund, Scott County Board of Education and the community. Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute and Julius Rosenwald, philanthropist and president of a large retail business, built state-of-the art schools for African- American children across the South. The effort has been called the most important initiative to advance black education in the early 20th century. Attending a Rosenwald School put a student at the vanguard of education for southern African-American children. The architecture of the schools was a tangible statement of the equality of all children, and their programming made them a focal point of community identity and aspirations. The schools remained segregated until 1954. The Sadieville Rosenwald School was closed and the Mount Pleasant Church congregation used it as their fellowship hall. The Mount Pleasant Church closed in 2000.
In February 2010, an automotive manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Kentucky awarded the City of Sadieville with a $10,000.00 grant for the renovation of the school. In December 2010 Friends of Sadieville, Inc. presented a $2,000.00 check to the City of Sadieville for renovations. In May 2011 the National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded the City of Sadieville $5,000.00 from the Alice Rosenwald Fund for the project. They also awarded the City with a $2,000.00 check for emergency funds to repair termite damage to the foundation.
The project was underway in the summer of 2011. The stone piers, foundation and deteriorating siding was replaced. Volunteers replaced the old roof with a new metal roof in the fall of 2011. In the summer and fall of 2012 the windows were repaired and the doors were replaced. Drywall on the walls and ceiling were also patched. Local citizens cleaned the interior and redid the pine floors. A local community painting business donated time and materials to scrape and paint the exterior. Other citizens have loaned old desks, books and other items to the City which are on display in the building.
On September 8, 2012 during the Sadieville in September Festival, the building was dedicated and a ribbon cutting ceremony was held. The school serves as a museum/cultural center and has been used for meetings and educational events.
This geocache is one of 12 geocaches that comprise the Scott County Geotrot. Passports are to be given out at the August 12, 2017 Scott County Geotrot event. Geocachers will visit all 12 geocaches along the trail and stamp the corresponding block on the passport and turn it in for a prize as supplies last. After the event, passports will be available both inside the Georgetown-Scott County Tourism office located at 399 Outlet Center Drive, Georgetown, Kentucky and outside the tourism office in the designated Scott County Geotrot passport box after hours. Completed passports can be turned in here as well.
Please remember to leave the designated stamp and ink pad inside of the geocache containers! Permission to hide geocaches has been obtained by the property owners.
