AMENITIES:

• The kitchenette includes a stove/oven, refrigerator, microwave, and coffee pot
• Restrooms
• Tables and Chairs

CATEGORIES:

• Buildings

Max Capacity at Community Center: 75

The Hilltop-Rosenwald Community Building is not available for any wedding-related activities, such as showers, receptions, or rehearsal dinners.
For a wedding-related event, please click here to view the Smyrna Event Center.
(Please, no yard sales, home party sales, or consignment sales.) 
 Building deposits will be retained for these events or any other rules broken. Please read our Rental Guidelines below.

Click to view the Rosenwald Community Center Brochure
Rental Guidelines

In 1913, Julius Rosenwald, a clothing manufacturer and co-owner of Sears, Roebuck & Company, partnered with Booker T. Washington to improve education for African Americans. The results were available grants for school construction in the south and southwest. The Smyrna Rosenwald School was one of 5,000 + Rosenwald schools built in the early 1900’s. The Rosenwald school was built in Smyrna in 1927. There were five teachers at Smyrna Rosenwald, the largest school for African Americans in Rutherford County. The school remained open until 1960, when it was relocated to Old Nashville Highway.

In 2000, the Town of Smyrna received a 7-acre land donation from the heirs of D.E. Coleman. An additional 9.3 acres of land was later purchased from the heirs of Leon Alford to build Hilltop Park. Hilltop Park opened in 2003. A committee of former Rosenwald School students and community members then formed the Hilltop-Rosenwald Historical Committee. The committee, along with the Town of Smyrna, began planning the construction of the Rosenwald Community Building, a replica of the Smyrna Rosenwald School. On July 23, 2005, the community center opened and is now available to the community for rent, and stands as a historical dedication to the Rosenwald schools.

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• Online reservations
• Call the Parks Office (615) 459-9773