| R.A. Clement School | |
| Coordinates: | 35.7353°N -80.6694°W |
| Built: | 1929 |
| Added: | January 10, 2019 |
| Refnum: | 100003300 |
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 in eleven grades. For the twelfth grade students went to J. C. Price High School in Salisbury.[1] 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.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places January 10, 2019.