Rosenwald schools are under-documented in the archaeological record. However, these schools were of critical importance to education for Black Americans, particularly in the Jim Crow South. This paper presents the results of excavation and oral history interviews at a Rosenwald School in Iron Station, NC. We argue that this school was not only an important site of education but also a center for community, fellowship, and memory over time. Interviews with surviving students indicate that the school operated as a locus of fictive kin, and archaeological artifacts indicate continued use of the property even after the formal school closed. Thus, we see the Mount Vernon Rosenwald School as a palimpsest of the Black community over time.