The Price of History

J. C. Price School
Threat: Destruction
Warnersville Neighborhood

When Yardley Warner, a Quaker missionary from Philadelphia, purchased 34 acres of land just outside of Greensboro’s city limits in 1867, he established one of the most unique communities planned for African American freedmen in the country. Today, the J. C. Price School is all that is left of this chapter of Greensboro’s history. Much of the neighborhood was destroyed in the 1960s through urban renewal, and a modern subdivision and wide thoroughfares replaced humble homes, gardens, and community church. The school was named for Dr. Joseph Charles Price (1854-1893), the son of a slave who served as a minister, lecturer, and founder and president of Livingstone College in Salisbury. Price School was constructed in 1922, which distinguishes the building among the oldest schools in the city. The school and its property have been purchased by Greensboro College to accommodate needs for expanded practice fields.