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Siloam School

Siloam School: Other, National Register listed 2007-09-28.

Weathered bare timber schoolhouse with missing boards and a collapsing roofline, raised on brick piers among trees.
Siloam School before its relocation and restoration. Nicholas Oren Rawlings · CC BY 4.0 · source
AddressWestern side of Mallard Highlands Dr., approximately ¼ mile south of its junction with John Adams Rd., Charlotte
Architectural styleOther
National Registerref 07001011, listed 2007-09-28
Research depthdossier, independently sourced

What we established, and from where

  • The nomination dates the school's opening to about 1920 and its closure as a school to about 1947.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • Siloam is the sole survivor of the county's one-teacher Rosenwald schools.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • Charlotte's school board was completely separate from the county's and did not take part in the Rosenwald programme.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • The 1921 budget recorded a teacher's salary of $50.00 and sixty-six registered pupils.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • Teachers travelling from the city had to walk about three miles from the bus stop to the school.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • A later owner converted the school, by then a residence, into an auto repair shop.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

The primary source

The National Register nomination is the fullest account of this property that exists, written by a researcher and reviewed by the State Historic Preservation Office. The nomination (National Park Service).

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