Winston-Salem in Forsyth County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Silver Hill
Photographed By Michael C. Wilcox, June 27, 2019
1. Silver Hill Marker
Inscription.
Silver Hill, a small, L-shaped 1880s African-American neighborhood of modest houses built by tobacco workers and domestic servants, predated the white subdivision of Buena Vista that developed around it. The community housed approximately 12 families through 1952. None of the houses remain. The Negro Antioch Baptist Church, ca. 1892, stood on Holiday Street until destroyed by fire in 1942. Headstones were removed from the cemetery for protection. 558 interments have been identified from 1901 to 1951. United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church has owned and maintained the cemetery since 1965.
Silver Hill, a small, L-shaped 1880s African-American neighborhood of modest houses built by tobacco workers and domestic servants, predated the white subdivision of Buena Vista that developed around it. The community housed approximately 12 families through 1952. None of the houses remain. The Negro Antioch Baptist Church, ca. 1892, stood on Holiday Street until destroyed by fire in 1942. Headstones were removed from the cemetery for protection. 558 interments have been identified from 1901 to 1951. United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church has owned and maintained the cemetery since 1965.
Location. 36° 6.213′ N, 80° 16.257′ W. Marker is in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in Forsyth County. Marker is on Holiday Street, 0.1 miles north of Carolina Circle, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Winston Salem NC 27104, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . W-S Journal article. (Submitted on June 29, 2019, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.)
Photographed By Michael C. Wilcox, June 27, 2019
2. Silver Hill Marker
Photographed By Michael C. Wilcox, June 27, 2019
3. Silver Hill Marker
Photographed By Michael C. Wilcox, June 27, 2019
4. Silver Hill Cemetery sign
Photographed By Michael C. Wilcox, June 27, 2019
5. Silver Hill Cemetery & Marker
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