R.A. Clement School

R.A. Clement School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	216 Krider St., Cleveland, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°44′07″N80°40′10″W / 35.73528°N 80.66944°W / 35.73528; -80.66944
Built	1929
NRHP reference No.	100003300 [1]
Added to NRHP	January 10, 2019

R.A. Clement School is a historic school located at Cleveland, Rowan County, North Carolina.

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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places January 10, 2019. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Purtell, David (May 25, 2015). "Historic R.A. Clement School getting new life in Cleveland". Salisbury Post . Retrieved June 23, 2019.
3. Wineka, Mark (February 15, 2019). "R.A. Clement School gains inclusion on National Register of Historic Places". Salisbury Post. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
4. Rider, Rebecca (September 6, 2018). "Keep the dream alive: Clement school applies for national historic registry". Salisbury Post. Retrieved June 23, 2019.