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As the children got older and moved out on there own. John and Nannie felt lonely so they rented out the rooms to make extra money and to provide a place for blacks to stay that were traveling. Over the years the Hotel was passed down thru the family. It is said that the hotel was a place where black entertainers stayed while preforming at club kilby and other places in the area. The Kilby is regi
01/14/2021
Family fights to save historic building - WS Chronicle One of the biggest benefits of preserving Black history is to make sure it does not get wiped away and erased from our memories. Another is to make sure it gets passed along to the next generation, so they are aware of what those who came before them accomplished. Myra Williams is attempting to do j...
03/17/2019
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The women of High Point's Alpha Art Club sponsored a dance at the Kilby Arcade on Washington Street on St. Patrick's Day in 1930. Admission was only 25 cents!
02/04/2019
Need I say more!
Nannie and John Kilby, both born in Alamance County, moved to High Point in the mid-1890s after they married. John worked with the railroad and Nannie worked as a nurse, hairdresser and fish seller. They eventually invested in real estate, including the hotel and recreation hall on Washington Street. In that era, it was unique that a black woman built and operated a hotel, and Nannie was known as one of, if not the, hardest working women in the city during this period. The Kilby became the center for entertainment for African Americans in its heyday.
03/11/2018
Nannie & John Kilby...... this picture is displayed at the high point museum
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