Union Mills |
History
Click here to hear the oral history of Union Mills provided by Rev. Charles Nanney in 2008.
To purchase a book that Charles Nanney wrote about Union Mills History, go to: http://roundhillbaptistchurchnc.org/
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Round Hill Stone |
Round Hill Plaque |
“The Union Mills Learning Center, Inc.” formerly the Community Progress Association of Union Mills, Inc. is a non-profit organization formed in November 1999. The Center received its 501(c) (3) status of the IRS code in April 2000.
The Rutherford County Board of Commissioners gave the former Union Mills School to the Community Progress Association of Union Mills, Inc. in May of 2000.
In 1889 the Round Hill Baptist Church founded the Round Hill Academy, the only accredited school in the area. In 1925 combined facilities became a public/private campus serving as an orphanage, home for troubled children, children from broken homes and day students from the community. J.D. Morris (grandfather of Mary Morris and great-grandfather of Helen Reeves Simpson) was one of the founders of the Round Hill Academy.
In 1976 the school became a public elementary school, later serving as a middle school untill 1999.
The three-story building is an icon in the Union Mills Community representing 100 years of education.
The Alexander School has a long rich history of education. The graduating students were accepted at colleges and became ministers, doctor, teachers, bankers and leaders of industry and businesses, developing our towns in Rutherford County and influencing education across North Carolina. Ninety percent of teachers in Rutherford County attended Round Hill Academy.