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1. Shiloh AME Zion Church
The Shiloh AME Zion Church was established in 1874 in an area often called "Old Shiloh" on land that is now part of the Biltmore Estate. When the land was bought by George Vanderbilt in the late 1880s, the Shiloh community, including the AME Zion Church and the cemetery, were moved to this location in what is "New Shiloh". The cemetery includes gravesites of many formerly enslaved people, most marked only with a fieldstone. The cemetery is currently being digitally archived as part of the 828 Digital Archives for Health Equity project, which will make it easier for Shiloh community members to find their loved ones.
Also at this site is a mural welcoming visitors to the historic Shiloh community. Unveiled in 2016, the mural depicts what the Shiloh neighborhood looked like 100 years ago. It was painted by Jackie Thompson with the purpose of showing the history of Shiloh to younger generations.
2. Brooklyn Mission Fire Baptized Holiness Church Marker
The Brooklyn Mission Fire Baptized Holiness Church was founded in 1917 and may well be the oldest church continuously operating in new Shiloh. In 1923, the property on which the church stands was deeded to the church trustees for $1.00 by Major and Dixie Henry. The founding minister was Reverend Sis. Mattie Logan and the first trustees were L.J Leonard, David Payne, Major Henry and Julia Payne.
3. Future site of the Shiloh Community Association Resource Center( SCA Resource Center)
Part of the Shiloh Community Plan 2025 is to develop a community resource, recreation, and education center. The community center was one of the most strongly supported goals in the development of the community plan and will offer services such as job counseling, rehabilitation and crisis counseling, tutoring, and summer camp programming for kids. Funds raised by this guided 5k will go toward the building and development of the community center!
4. Young's Nursing Home
(now the ACE house) was a Black Owned and operated nursing care home.
5. Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church was established in 1898, and due to the church’s membership increasing it was moved to Caribou Rd in 1925, at the time known as Possum Ridge. In the early 1950s, the church was moved again to its current location at 486 Caribou Road. Rock Hill helped form the foundation for the community of Shiloh, along with the Shiloh AME Zion Church and Brooklyn Mission Church.
6. Shiloh Community Garden marker
Shiloh Community Garden is a local community garden established and operated by members of the Shiloh community in Asheville and was started in 2004. The garden is a project of the Shiloh Community Association (SCA) and was started as a way to provide fresh healthy food to the neighborhood and residents can come pick their own food at no cost. It functions to bring the community together and promotes environmental stewardship.
The garden also includes:
-An amphitheater and outdoor kitchen
-Children’s Activities
-Roadside Craft Stand
7. Shiloh Elementary/Rosenwald School and current site of Linwood Crump Shiloh Community Center
The school was part of the Rosenwald School program and it was a school that was sustained by the community. Schools were built to serve the rural African American community. Students, their parents, and other community members organized community carnivals and fish frys as fundraisers for the school. Students were often left to get textbooks by using hand-me-downs from white schools in the area, which resulted in often outdated material. Shiloh Elementary served as a meeting place for clubs, athletics, and theater performances. It was a social and cultural hub until desegregation and African American schools were shut down and the students enrolled at Shiloh were sent to previously all-white schools.
8 & 9 Sunset Cemetery and Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Many former Shiloh residents are buried in both of these cemeteries.
The Shiloh AME Zion Church was established in 1874 in an area often called "Old Shiloh" on land that is now part of the Biltmore Estate. When the land was bought by George Vanderbilt in the late 1880s, the Shiloh community, including the AME Zion Church and the cemetery, were moved to this location in what is "New Shiloh". The cemetery includes gravesites of many formerly enslaved people, most marked only with a fieldstone. The cemetery is currently being digitally archived as part of the 828 Digital Archives for Health Equity project, which will make it easier for Shiloh community members to find their loved ones.
Also at this site is a mural welcoming visitors to the historic Shiloh community. Unveiled in 2016, the mural depicts what the Shiloh neighborhood looked like 100 years ago. It was painted by Jackie Thompson with the purpose of showing the history of Shiloh to younger generations.
2. Brooklyn Mission Fire Baptized Holiness Church Marker
The Brooklyn Mission Fire Baptized Holiness Church was founded in 1917 and may well be the oldest church continuously operating in new Shiloh. In 1923, the property on which the church stands was deeded to the church trustees for $1.00 by Major and Dixie Henry. The founding minister was Reverend Sis. Mattie Logan and the first trustees were L.J Leonard, David Payne, Major Henry and Julia Payne.
3. Future site of the Shiloh Community Association Resource Center( SCA Resource Center)
Part of the Shiloh Community Plan 2025 is to develop a community resource, recreation, and education center. The community center was one of the most strongly supported goals in the development of the community plan and will offer services such as job counseling, rehabilitation and crisis counseling, tutoring, and summer camp programming for kids. Funds raised by this guided 5k will go toward the building and development of the community center!
4. Young's Nursing Home
(now the ACE house) was a Black Owned and operated nursing care home.
5. Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church was established in 1898, and due to the church’s membership increasing it was moved to Caribou Rd in 1925, at the time known as Possum Ridge. In the early 1950s, the church was moved again to its current location at 486 Caribou Road. Rock Hill helped form the foundation for the community of Shiloh, along with the Shiloh AME Zion Church and Brooklyn Mission Church.
6. Shiloh Community Garden marker
Shiloh Community Garden is a local community garden established and operated by members of the Shiloh community in Asheville and was started in 2004. The garden is a project of the Shiloh Community Association (SCA) and was started as a way to provide fresh healthy food to the neighborhood and residents can come pick their own food at no cost. It functions to bring the community together and promotes environmental stewardship.
The garden also includes:
-An amphitheater and outdoor kitchen
-Children’s Activities
-Roadside Craft Stand
7. Shiloh Elementary/Rosenwald School and current site of Linwood Crump Shiloh Community Center
The school was part of the Rosenwald School program and it was a school that was sustained by the community. Schools were built to serve the rural African American community. Students, their parents, and other community members organized community carnivals and fish frys as fundraisers for the school. Students were often left to get textbooks by using hand-me-downs from white schools in the area, which resulted in often outdated material. Shiloh Elementary served as a meeting place for clubs, athletics, and theater performances. It was a social and cultural hub until desegregation and African American schools were shut down and the students enrolled at Shiloh were sent to previously all-white schools.
8 & 9 Sunset Cemetery and Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Many former Shiloh residents are buried in both of these cemeteries.