Uncle Eli's Quilting Party
Began here in former Eli Whitney School
In 1921 Principal E.P. Dixon started high school classes in nearby vacant cotton gin, naming school for the inventor Eli Whitney.
In 1923 high school classes relocated to building on this site. In 1928 a primary grade school building was added for students of local one-room type schools: Center, Manndale, Concord, Spring, and Greenhill, along with a uniting connector auditorium that was also used for community events. Here began "Uncle Eli's Quilting Party" in 1931. The one-day quilting and quilt show that continues annually on the first Thursday in April.
Marker is at the intersection of East Greensboro Chapel Hill Road and Bradshaw Trail, on the left when traveling east on East Greensboro Chapel Hill Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
