Siloam School (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Siloam School is a historic Rosenwald School building located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built about 1920 as a school for African-American students. It is a one-story, gable-front, one-room school building. It measures approximately 22 feet by 43 feet. The building ceased to operate as a school about 1947.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
Restoration
In 2016, the Charlotte Museum of History agreed to lead a campaign to preserve the historic school building. The Save Siloam School Project met its fundraising goals in November 2022, and the Siloam School was relocated to the museum's eight-acre campus on September 8, 2023. The building will be stabilized, restored, and converted for use as a teaching resource to highlight the experiences of rural African-American families in Mecklenburg County in the early twentieth century. A grand reopening took place June 15, 2024.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Beth Keane (March 2007). "Siloam School" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ "Siloam School". Charlotte Museum of History. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ Marques, Lucy (June 13, 2024). "Built 104 years ago, historic Black Charlotte school begins its new life Saturday". The Charlotte Observer.
