The High Point Museum opened its doors in its current location 37 years ago. The museum employs 8 full-time staff members and 8 part-time staff members. More than 40 volunteers work throughout the Museum and the Historical Park.

The Museum is supported by the City of High Point, membership dues and through various grants from community supporters including Target, the High Point Community Foundation, High Point Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Hayden Harman Foundation.

The Museum provides educational programming to schools in four counties.

Museum timeline

Museum Timeline

December 1964 Dedication held at Little Red Schoolhouse for establishment of Museum
November 23, 1966 City of High Point gave the Historic Commission $30,000 to purchase the Haley property ... Property is deeded to city
December 14, 1966 High Point Historical Society founded
February 28, 1967 Historical Commission asked city for permission to create a Historical Park and build a Museum ... Commission announced it would raise the entire amount with the aid of the newly incorporated High Point Historical Society
April 1968 Launch of $250,000 building fund and Haley House restoration campaign
June 29, 1969 Museum groundbreaking
November 1970 Blacksmith Shop moved to current museum site from Davidson County
October 12, 1971 Formal opening of the High Point Museum (one floor) and Haley House
August 1973 Hoggatt House moved from Phillip and Rotary streets to the current Museum site and restored
September 21, 1978 Historical Society signed contract with City of High Point to operate the Mendenhall Meeting House and Mendenhall Store
1989 Little Red School House moved to 2011 E. Lexington Avenue on city property adjacent to the Greenway
1994 Museum faced critical space shortages for artifact storage, exhibitions, and public programming/events
1995 Capital Campaign launched to raise $2 million to renovate and expand facilities
1997 $2 Million Campaign a success
1998 Renovation and expansion began; Museum closed during construction, but Historical Park remained open on weekends
May 3, 2001 Museum reopened
July, 2004 250th anniversary of Hoggatt House celebrated with 170 Hoggatt family members attending reunion
December 10, 2004 Lightning strikes Hoggatt House and severely damages the structure
April 1, 2006 Museum reopens Hoggatt House

Other properties

After visiting the Museum and Historic Park you may wish to view our other historic structures. Unfortunately, all three structures are only opened to the public on limited occasions.

Mendenhall Meeting House

The townsfolk of Jamestown belonged to the Deep River Friends Meeting House, a distance of four miles. However, they built a meeting house in which to worship in inclement weather. The Mendenhalls built it around 1819. A cemetery is located behind the meeting house. Directions

Mendenhall Store

In 1824 Richard Mendenhall built this structure as his leather goods store and business office. At the time it was built he calculated his worth at $20,000, a man of great means for his time. Directions

Little Red Schoolhouse

Designed by High Point architect Louis Voorhees in 1930 as a separate adjunct to the Ray Street Elementary School at the corner of Montlieu and N. Hamilton Streets. The Little red Schoolhouse served as a one-room public school for first graders between 1931 and 1961.

Directions: After leaving the museum and Historic Park, travel Lexington Avenue East. Just beyond the first traffic light is the Little Red School house. Parking is available in front of the structure for access to the "greenway".

Directions to Mendenhall Meeting House and Mendenhall Store

Take Lexington Avenue east toward Jamestown. (Approximately 2 miles). The buildings are located in City Lake Park across the street from the Mendenhall Plantation. Originally part of Mendenhall plantation, these structures are owned by the City of High Point and operated by the museum. Limited Access

Staff

Barbara Taylor President barbara.taylor@highpointnc.gov	Ellen Denker Director Furniture Heritage Project ellen.denker@highpointnc.gov
Teresa Loflin Community Relations Director teresa.loflin@highpointnc.gov	Jennifer Burns Curator of Collections jennifer.burns@highpointnc.gov
Edith Brady Curator of Education edith.brady@highpointnc.gov	Mary Barnett Museum Store Manager mary.barnett@highpointnc.gov
Joanna Cox Office/Membership Manager joanna.cox@highpointnc.gov	Corinne Midgett Registrar corinne.midgett@highpointnc.gov
Oscar Manning Maintenance	Sarah DeYoung Assistant Curator of Education sarah.deyoung@highpointnc.gov