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Thursday, March 26, 2015 / Published in

Students in front of the former Circle Terrace Sanitorium, circa 1922

As described in the 1915 Asheville City Directory, Circle Terrace Sanatorium “is believed to be the only institution in the world for the exclusive treatment and care of tuberculosis for Colored People.” The sanitorium went out of business around 1917. In November of 1917 Catholic Hill School for black students burned, killing seven students. For several years the old sanitorium building was used for classrooms while a new school was being constructed. Stephens-Lee, the new school located just above the site of the old Catholic Hill School, opened in the spring of 1923.
NC Collection, Pack Memorial Public Library, MS147, Ruth Jackson Cannon and Shirley Cannon Singleton Collection
To purchase a copy of this photo or for further information, contact the North Carolina Room at Pack Memorial Library 828/250-4740 or packnc@buncombecounty.org.

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