Rosetta C. Baldwin Museum

Class in the Living Room

First Grade Graduation

Rosetta C. Baldwin Museum's Grand Opening

Promoting the Legacy of Rosetta C. Baldwin

Reminiscing

Museum Tour

Historical Marker

Maintenance

2007- Former Baldwin family home, referred to by the community as "The House," is recognized today as the Rosetta C. Baldwin Museum

Baldwin's Chapel Chuch School began in the living room of the Baldwin family home in 1942, with 25 students of all ages

1972 saw one of the largest graduating classes of first graders

Pastor Nathaniel Good (center) along with many friends and family members celebrating the museum's opening on Rosetta C. Baldwin Day

Julius A. Clark, Founder and CEO of The Rosetta C Baldwin Foundation and Director of the Rosetta C. Baldwin Museum

2007- A former student (middle) and her mother (right) look through a past yearbook with Julius Clark (left)

2007- Julius Clark rewards visitors with lollipops for learning more about High Point's history

A historical marker leads the way to the Rosetta C. Baldwin Museum

2007- Bobby Clark spruces up the museum's sign with red paint

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Rosetta C. Baldwin Museum

2007- Former Baldwin family home, referred to by the community as "The House," is recognized today as the Rosetta C. Baldwin Museum

HISTORY

Rosetta Baldwin turned her family home into a Christian school for African American children in High Point, North Carolina, in 1942. The first class was taught out of the living room and consisted of 25 neighborhood children. The school's original name was the Rose Bee Seventh-Day Adventist School. Later, it was shortened to Baldwin's Chapel Church School. Rosetta believed that children needed to learn to obey their elders, to pray, to do the right thing, in addition to learning their letters and numbers. She taught kindergarten through eighth grade out of her home until the early 1950s when Baldwin's Chapel SDA Church built a one-room classroom. Across the next seven decades, Rosetta provided religious-based, private education to High Point and the Seventh-Day Adventist community.

    Rosetta Baldwin passed away in 2000, but her school continues to operate. After her death, Julius Clark, a former student, opened her home to the public as a museum. The Rosetta C. Baldwin Museum houses exhibitions on the first and second floors concerning local African American history. The museum is open to the public and offers guided tours of the home and former school on Tuesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

    The Rosetta C. Baldwin Museum is governed by the Rosetta C. Baldwin Foundation, which received its 501 (c)(3) status in 2003.

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