The former Rosenwald School at Cash Point was built in 1923-24 at a cost of $2,300.00 as a two-teacher frame school. The Rosenwald Fund was developed by Julius Rosenwald, CEO of Sears, Roebuck & Company, and educator Booker T. Washington in response to the need for improved schools and education for African-American children in the South. Matching grants were established in the 1920's, and when they ended in 1932 there were 5,357 school buildings in 15 southern states, including 435 in Louisiana. These grants required the local African-American community to raise part of the money for a school, while the local school board provided teachers and managed it. Other Rosenwald Schools stood in the area, and over the years, as larger brick schools were built, the wooden Rosenwald schools were torn down or converted into homes, schools, and churches.