The H-shaped brick building was built in 1929 as a Rosenwald school. Rufus Alexander Clement, born a slave in 1847, helped to get the school built along with his wife Emma. Four teachers taught African-American students[2] in eleven grades. For the twelfth grade students went to J. C. Price High School in Salisbury.[3] The school closed in 1968, after which a group later known as West Rowan Neighborhood Center Advisory Council bought the building and made it a community center.[2] Eventually, the advisory council could not keep the property, which stood empty until 2003 when the alumni association purchased it and started renovations.[4]
^ abPurtell, David (May 25, 2015). "Historic R.A. Clement School getting new life in Cleveland". Salisbury Post. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
^Wineka, Mark (February 15, 2019). "R.A. Clement School gains inclusion on National Register of Historic Places". Salisbury Post. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
^Rider, Rebecca (September 6, 2018). "Keep the dream alive: Clement school applies for national historic registry". Salisbury Post. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
clement, school, historic, school, located, cleveland, rowan, county, north, carolina, national, register, historic, placesshow, north, carolinashow, united, stateslocation216, krider, cleveland, north, carolinacoordinates35, 73528, 66944, 73528, 66944built192. R A Clement School is a historic school located at Cleveland Rowan County North Carolina R A Clement SchoolU S National Register of Historic PlacesShow map of North CarolinaShow map of the United StatesLocation216 Krider St Cleveland North CarolinaCoordinates35 44 07 N 80 40 10 W 35 73528 N 80 66944 W 35 73528 80 66944Built1929NRHP reference No 100003300 1 Added to NRHPJanuary 10 2019The H shaped brick building was built in 1929 as a Rosenwald school Rufus Alexander Clement born a slave in 1847 helped to get the school built along with his wife Emma Four teachers taught African American students 2 in eleven grades For the twelfth grade students went to J C Price High School in Salisbury 3 The school closed in 1968 after which a group later known as West Rowan Neighborhood Center Advisory Council bought the building and made it a community center 2 Eventually the advisory council could not keep the property which stood empty until 2003 when the alumni association purchased it and started renovations 4 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places January 10 2019 1 References Edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 a b Purtell David May 25 2015 Historic R A Clement School getting new life in Cleveland Salisbury Post Retrieved June 23 2019 Wineka Mark February 15 2019 R A Clement School gains inclusion on National Register of Historic Places Salisbury Post Retrieved June 27 2019 Rider Rebecca September 6 2018 Keep the dream alive Clement school applies for national historic registry Salisbury Post Retrieved June 23 2019 This article about a property in Rowan County North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title R A Clement School amp oldid 1089328199, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
