High Point in Guilford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
John Coltrane
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 23, 2021
1. John Coltrane Marker
Inscription.
John Coltrane (b.1926 - d.1967), world renowned jazz saxophonist and composer of the suite "A Love Supreme", lived with his extended family at 118 Underhill St. from 1928-1943. His family was headed by his maternal grandfather, Rev. W.W. Blair, who built the house. Rev. Blair as an ex-slave and outspoken activist who was elected Chowan County Commissioner in 1896 and who later became a presiding elder of the AME Zion Church. In High Point, he led citizen group that lobbied successfully for additional schools for African-American children. John Coltrane owed his stable upbringing and early musical education to his grandfather's efforts.
John Coltrane (b.1926 - d.1967), world renowned jazz saxophonist and composer of the suite "A Love Supreme", lived with his extended family at 118 Underhill St. from 1928-1943. His family was headed by his maternal grandfather, Rev. W.W. Blair, who built the house. Rev. Blair as an ex-slave and outspoken activist who was elected Chowan County Commissioner in 1896 and who later became a presiding elder of the AME Zion Church. In High Point, he led citizen group that lobbied successfully for additional schools for African-American children. John Coltrane owed his stable upbringing and early musical education to his grandfather's efforts.
Erected 2019 by City of High Point, North Carolina; The High Point Commemoration Committee for 400 Years of African American History in partnership with the Hayden Harman Foundation and Yalik's Modern Art.
79° 59.627′ W. Marker is in High Point, North Carolina, in Guilford County. It is on Underhill Street just north of East Washington Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 118 Underhill St, High Point NC 27260, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 20, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 806 times since then and 134 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
