About Us
The Bowehouse Project, LLC is currently a non-profit 501(c)(3) legacy restoration initiative focused on revitalizing and restoring two properties that served as boarding homes and a sanctuary for African American teachers during the Jim Crow era. The founders have collaborated with the North Carolina Central University Archives Department to document the rich history through firsthand accounts, data, and evidence from letters and other primary sources, highlighting the involvement of nearby North Carolina HBCUs. The research includes Shaw University, Winston-Salem State University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina A&T University, Saint Augustine's University, North Carolina Central University, and Johnson C. Smith University. These HBCUs played a pivotal role in shaping the community by providing equal educational opportunities, especially to the African American residents of a rural town near Hillsborough, North Carolina, during segregation. The legacy of these educators enabled many impoverished African American students from this town to achieve their dreams of attending and graduating from these HBCUs, setting a precedent for future generations.

History
The late Katie Bowe was the original owner of these homes during the Jim Crowe Era. Mrs.
Bowe also provided affordable and safe rooms to young girls from Africa from approximately 1960-1970. After Ms. Bowe passed away, her surviving offspring and Jerry worked out an agreement to make Jerry the owner of these properties.

Legacy Project
The Bowehouse Project, LLC is a legacy restoration development aimed to revitalize and to
restore two adjacent properties used as boarding homes and a teacherly for African American Teachers during the Jim Crowe Era. Based on this information, the founders have been working with the North Carolina Central University Archives Department to capture the rich historical firsthand facts, data, evidence from letters, and other primary sources, remarking the other surrounding North Carolina HBCUs involvement. The following HBCU’s included in this research are: Shaw University, Winston Salem State University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina A&T University, Saint Augustine’s, North Carolina Central University, Johnson C. Smith University, and Fayetteville State University. All of these surrounding HBCU’s helped to in shaping this community to provide equal educational opportunities; specifically, the African
American population of this rural town located just a few miles north of Hillsborough, North Carolina during the segregation era. Because of the influence from these teachers; many poor African American students from this town were able to fulfill their dreams to attend and graduate from these HBCU’s and continued to pave the way for generations to come.