Schools and colleges
Academies, colleges, universities and schoolhouses, and the teachers who founded them. 261 places on the trail.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- K-42CARTLEDGE CREEK BAPTIST CHURCHOriginally Dockery's Meeting House, about 1774. Baptist State Convention, 1833, voted here to found Wake Forest Institut...
- C-52COL. JOHN STARKEYFree school advocate, 1749; Southern District treasurer, 1750-1765; member of assembly for 25 years. Grave located at "T...
- J-2DAVID CALDWELL 1725-1824Educator, minister, & orator for Patriot cause. His "Log College," a classical academy, stood 2 1/2 miles northwest.
- A-14FIRST SCHOOLCharles Griffin taught in this county the first known school in N.C. 1705-08.
- J-63FRIEDBERG CHURCHMoravian. Begun in 1759, organized in 1773; first church and school built in 1769. Third structure, 1825; located 1.6 mi...
- G-86HENRY PATTILLO 1726-1801Presbyterian minister; legislator; author of textbooks. Served many churches in Virginia & North Carolina. Home & school...
- C-61NEW BERN ACADEMYFirst school chartered in N.C. Assembly levied a tax for its support in 1766. Present building was completed in 1810.
- J-106SALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGEMoravian settlers in 1772 founded a school for girls, now a liberal arts college & academy. Campus is 1/2 mi. N.E.
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
- I-70CHARTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF N.C.William R. Davie's bill to charter the University was adopted by the General Assembly meeting nearby, Dec. 11, 1789.
- M-23CLIO'S NURSERYA school established about 1778 by the Rev. James Hall. Trained many prominent men. Closed about 1787. Was a few hundred...
- O-45J. G. ARENDSNative German, pioneer teacher and minister, ordained 1775, first president of the N.C. Lutheran Synod, 1803. Grave a fe...
- F-26JAMES KENANRevolutionary leader, member Provincial Congresses, conventions 1788, '89; militia brigadier general; trustee of Univers...
- E-26LOUISBURG COLLEGEOpened in 1857 on the site of the Franklin Academy, chartered 1787. Now a Methodist junior college, coeducational.
- G-92UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILLFirst state university to open its doors, 1795. Chartered in 1789 under the Constitution of 1776.
- E-36WARRENTON MALE ACADEMYStood here. Chartered 1787, named Warrenton High School, 1898. Since 1923 a public school.
- L-23WILLIAM LEE DAVIDSONWhig general, was killed at Cowan's Ford, Feb. 1, 1781. Davidson College and Davidson County are named for him.
The young state, 1790-1860
- A-74'WINDSOR CASTLE'Built 1858 by Patrick H. Winston, Jr. Birthplace of sons George T., educator; Francis D., lt. gov., 1905-1909; & Robert ...
- D-59ADAM EMPIE, D.D.First chaplain of U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 1813-1817; president William and Mary College; rector St. James Chu...
- G-55ALEXANDER WILSONTeacher in Piedmont area from 1819 to 1867; operated own school in Alamance County, 1851-67. Home is 1 mile, grave is 3 ...
- G-9ARCHIBALD DEBOW MURPHEYChampion of a new State through public schools, canals, roads, 1777-1832. Grave 50 yards west.
- G-104ARCHIBALD DEBOW MURPHEY ca. 1777-1832Advocate of improved schools, roads, canals. Jurist, teacher, legislator. Born 7/10 mi. S.
- Q-40BAPTIST MISSIONFor Cherokee Indians, established in 1817, consisting of a chapel, school, farm, and mills. Was 3 1/2 miles north.
- G-36BINGHAM SCHOOLFounded as Mt. Repose by William Bingham ca. 1815; closed in 1827. Stood 1 1/2 mi. N. Later operated in Orange Co.
- G-38BINGHAM SCHOOLClassical academy est. at Oaks in 1844 by Wm. J. Bingham. Added military focus, moved to Mebane, 1864. Campus was here.
- G-47BINGHAM SCHOOLFirst military school in North Carolina, was founded in 1826 by D. H. Bingham. Moved to Littleton in 1829. Stood nearby.
- P-70BREVARD COLLEGEMethodist. Opened 1934 on campus of Brevard Institute after merger of Rutherford College (est. 1853) and Weaver College ...
- J-5CALVIN H. WILEY 1819-1887First Superintendent of N.C. Common Schools, 1853-1865. Author, editor. Born 1 1/2 miles northeast.
- K-29CAROLINA FEMALE COLLEGE, 1850-67Established by local planters, later operated by Methodist Church. Building was 150 yds. W.
- L-59CATAWBA COLLEGECoeducational, liberal arts. Affiliated with Evangelical & Reformed Church. Opened at Newton, 1851. Moved here, 1925, an...
- O-51CATAWBA COLLEGECoeducational, liberal arts. Affiliated with Evangelical & Reformed Church. Opened 1/2 mi. N., 1851. Moved to Salisbury,...
- A-19CHOWAN UNIVERSITYOpened 1848 as Chowan Baptist Female Institute. Became four-year college, 1992. A university since 2006. Two blocks sout...
- M-44COKESBURY SCHOOLShort lived. The first Methodist school in North Carolina. Began about 1790. Was two miles east.
- N-30DAVENPORT COLLEGEFor women; chartered 1859 by Methodist Episcopal Church, South; merged with Greensboro College, 1933. Two bldgs. stand 1...
- P-5DAVID L. SWAINGovernor and political leader. President of the University of North Carolina, 1835-1868. Was born three miles E.
- L-9DAVIDSON COLLEGEEst. 1837 by Presbyterian Church. Named for Gen. William Lee Davidson. Woodrow Wilson studied here from 1873-1874.
- J-34EDGEWORTH FEMALE SEMINARYEstablished by John M. Morehead, operated, 1840-1862, 1868-1871. Building, burned in 1872, stood at this site.
- J-94FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL IN N.C.First free school in the state, established under Common School Law of 1839, opened January 20, 1840, in this vicinity.
- I-25FLORAL COLLEGEOne of earliest colleges for women in the South, 1841-78. Centre Presbyterian Church, formerly the college chapel, is 15...
- I-6GABRIEL HOLMES 1769-1829Governor, 1821-24; U.S. House, 1825-29. Advocate for agriculture, education. Grave 1 mi. N.E. His son, T.H., lt. general...
- G-96GRAHAM COLLEGEEst. by the Christian Church, 1851, as Graham Institute; forerunner of Elon College. Burned in 1892. Stood 1 blk. west.
- J-11GREENSBORO COLLEGEFirst college chartered for women in North Carolina, 1838. Founded by Methodist Church.
- J-35GUILFORD COLLEGEA coeducational college operated by the Society of Friends. Chartered as New Garden Boarding School in 1834. Opened in 1...
- E-79HENRY B. BRADFORD 1761-1833Early Methodist Protestant minister; educator; and soldier in the Revolution. Founded Bradford's Church on this site cir...
- G-37HILLSBOROUGH ACADEMYClassical academy opened in 1801 and rechartered, 1814. William J. Bingham was principal, 1827-1844. Closed 1858. Campus...
- D-13HINTON JAMES 1776-1847First student to enter the University of North Carolina, 1795. Civil engineer and legislator. Grave 300 yards east.
- O-23HOKE SMITHSecretary of Interior, 1893-1896, Governor of Georgia, United States Senator, was born, 1855 at Catawba College, then lo...
- G-27HORNER SCHOOLAcademy for boys est. 1851 by James Horner, here. Was later military school. After 1914 fire it moved to Charlotte.
- G-66HUGHES ACADEMYOperated, 1845 to 1884. Founded by Samuel W. Hughes. Attended by Wm. T. Dortch, David I. Craig, Geo. T. and P. H. Winsto...
- F-50JAMES M. SPRUNT 1818-1884Educator, botanist, C.S.A. chaplain, county official, & Presbyterian minister. His grave is 4 mi. West.
- H-13JOHN CHAVIS ca. 1762-1838African American teacher, preacher, & Revolutionary War veteran. Taught free black & prominent white students in school ...
- K-35JOHN W. THOMAS 1800-1871Founder of Thomasville. As legislator led fight for N.C. Railroad; friend of education. His home, Cedar Lodge, was nearb...
- G-99LEONARD HENDERSON 1772-1833Jurist and educator. Member of first N.C. Supreme Court; Chief Justice, 1829-1833. His grave is 1/2 mi. W.
- O-68M. L. McCORKLE 1817-1899Superior Court judge; a founder of Catawba College; state senator & Confederate colonel. His home stood here.
- P-34MARS HILL COLLEGEBaptist; coeducational. Founded 1856 as French Broad Baptist Institute. Name changed 1859. Senior college since 1962.
- F-32MILITARY HOSPITALConfederate. Headed by Dr. S. S. Satchwell in building of the Wilson Female Seminary, which was chartered in 1859. Stood...
- M-18MITCHELL COLLEGEFounded 1856 as college for women. Presbyterian until 1959. Granted state community college status, 1973. Two blocks N.
- L-65MOUNT PLEASANT COLLEGIATE INSTITUTELutheran junior college for men, 1903-33, on site of North Carolina College, 1853-1902. Two blocks north.
- P-18NEWTON ACADEMYEstablished before 1793 as Union Hill Academy. Named for Rev. George Newton. Present Newton Academy School is 4th buildi...
- L-80NORTH CAROLINA MILITARY INSTITUTEOpened 1859; D. H. Hill was 1st superintendent; used as Confederate hospital; public school, 1883-1950. Stood near here.
- J-36OAK RIDGE INSTITUTEFirst building erected 1851-52. Opened during academic year 1852-53. Since 1929 Oak Ridge Military Institute.
- G-45OXFORD FEMALE COLLEGEOpened 1851 by Baptists, operated by individuals after 1857. Franklin P. Hobgood, president, 1880-1924. School closed 19...
- G-7OXFORD ORPHANAGEOpened by Masons, 1873, with John H. Mills first head, in plant of St. Johns College, which they had operated, 1858-1861...
- H-9PEACE COLLEGEFounded by Presbyterian elder Wm. Peace 1857 as school for women; opened 1872. Main building used as Confederate hospita...
- M-35PROSPECT CHURCH AND ACADEMYPresbyterian. Both founded in 1824. Plans for Davidson College adopted here in 1835.
- L-75QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTEPresbyterian. Organized 1857 as Charlotte Female Institute. Campus moved to this location in 1915. Coeducational since 1...
- M-12RICHMOND PEARSON 1805-1878Chief Justice of State Supreme Court, 1859-78. Conducted law school at Richmond Hill, his home, located 5 mi. NW.
- G-70ROBERT PAINELeader in organization of Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1845. Bishop, president of LaGrange College, Ala., & author...
- N-29RUTHERFORD COLLEGEEvolved from private school opened c. 1853 by R. L. Abernethy. Operated 1900-1933 by Methodist Church. Closed 1935. The ...
- H-36SAINT MARY'SEpiscopal school for girls. Established 1842 by Rev. Aldert Smede on the site of an earlier Episcopal boys school.
- L-20SAM'L E. McCORKLEPresbyterian preacher and educator. The site of his famous academy, Zion Parnassus (about 1794 to 1798) is 3/4 of a mile...
- L-70SETZER SCHOOLRestored one-room log school of 1840's. Now located at the Knox Junior High School, 1/4 mile east.
- G-61SOLOMON LEA 1807-1897First president, Greensboro College, 1846-47. Led Somerville Female Institute, 1848-1892. He lived 100 yards N.
- I-56ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGEChartered 1958; opened 1961. Formed by merger of colleges dating from 1858. Coeducational, four-year liberal arts colleg...
- H-46THE GOVERNOR MOREHEAD SCHOOLEstablished for visually impaired students in 1845 under leadership of John Motley Morehead. Present plant is 500 yards ...
- H-47THE GOVERNOR MOREHEAD SCHOOLEstablished for visually impaired students in 1845 under leadership of John Motley Morehead. Present plant is 3 blocks s...
- K-3TRINITY COLLEGEStood here. Union Institute, 1839; Normal College, 1851; Trinity, 1859; Duke University, 1924. Moved to Durham, 1892.
- B-73TRINITY SCHOOLEpiscopal boys school founded 1851 by Rev. N. Collin Hughes. Many students joined ministry. Closed 1908. Stood here.
- O-41U. D. C. MEMORIAL HALLBuilding housed first the Pleasant Retreat Academy, chartered 1813. Later public library, museum. 1 block east.
- E-41W. D. PENDERConfederate major general; graduate of U.S. Military Academy, 1854. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg, age 29. Grave is 4 b...
- H-68WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYBaptist; coeducational. Opened as Wake Forest College, 1834. Moved to Winston-Salem, 1956. University since 1967.
- J-50WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYFounded 1834 in Wake County by N.C. Baptist Convention. Moved to Winston-Salem in 1956.
- A-68WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGEFounded with Methodist support in 1853. Burned, 1877. Rebuilt 1881 and burned again in 1893. Site was 1 block south.
- E-4WILLIAM R. DAVIE 1756-1820A militia officer during the Revolution; governor, 1798-99; envoy to France; “father” of University of N.C. Lived in thi...
- G-79WILLIAM R. WEBB (SAWNEY)Founder, 1870, of Webb School, since 1886 in Bell Buckle, Tenn. Confederate soldier, U.S. Senator, 1913. Born 1842, one ...
- K-24YADKIN COLLEGEA Methodist Protestant institution. Opened in 1856, made co-educational in 1878, closed in 1924. Building stands 1 mi. N...
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- L-102BARBER-SCOTIA COLLEGEPresbyterian. Est. 1867 by Luke Dorland to educate Negro women, Scotia Seminary merged in 1930 with Barber Memorial Inst...
- O-57BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGERoman Catholic. Liberal arts coeducational college. Founded, 1876, by Order of St. Benedict. One mile north.
- J-55BENNETT COLLEGEMethodist. Begun 1874; reorganized as woman's college, 1926. Named for Lyman Bennett of Troy, N.Y. Campus 2 bl. S.
- G-39BINGHAM SCHOOLBoys' military academy operated by William & Robert Bingham. Moved here from Oaks, 1865. Moved to Asheville, 1891.
- I-41EDENBOROUGH MEDICAL COLLEGEEarly medical school, chartered 1867, conducted by Dr. Hector McLean. Closed c. 1877. Stood one-half mile south.
- N-42EMILY PRUDDEN 1832-1917Missionary. Founded 15 western N.C. schools including Pfeiffer College forerunner. Her Skyland Institute stood here.
- I-31FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITYEst. 1867 as Howard School. State-supported since 1877. A part of The University of North Carolina since 1972.
- A-80HUGH CALE 1835-1910Sponsored the 1891 bill to establish present-day Elizabeth City State University; legislator, 1876-80, 1885, 1891. His g...
- P-90INMAN CHAPELFounded 1868. Oldest Universalist church in western N.C. Hannah J. Powell led mission work and school, 1921-42, at site ...
- C-33JAMES WALKER HOODAsst. Superintendent Public Instruction, 1868-70; a founder Livingstone College, 1885; Bishop A.M.E. Zion Church; founde...
- K-32JOHN H. MILLSFirst head of Oxford Orphanage (1873-1884) & Mills Home. President Oxford Female College. His grave is 100 yds. N.
- L-101JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITYEst. in 1867 as Biddle Memorial Institute for freedmen. Became a university, 1877. Present name adopted in 1923.
- P-43JUDSON COLLEGEBaptist. Chartered in 1861 as Judson Female College; later coeducational. Operated 1882-1892 in building which stood thr...
- A-81LEMUEL W. BOONE 1827-1878Baptist leader. In 1866 he organized first black Baptist association in N.C.; trustee, Shaw University. Grave 2 mi. SE.
- H-27LEONIDAS L. POLK 1837-1892President of National Farmers' Alliance, 1889-1892; began Progressive Farmer, 1886; a founder of N.C.S.U. and Meredith C...
- K-11LEONIDAS L. POLK 1837-1892President of National Farmers' Alliance, 1889-1892; began Progressive Farmer, 1886; a founder of NCSU and Meredith Colle...
- J-81LINDSAY STREET SCHOOLThe first permanent public graded school in N.C. opened in 1875 in a building which stood on this site.
- J-47O. P. FITZGERALD 1829-1911Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1890-1911; editor; author; education official in California. Born nearby...
- I-53PINELAND COLLEGE- EDWARDS MILITARY INSTITUTEFounded 1875. Includes kindergarten through junior college. Campus is 250 yards west.
- H-91R. STANHOPE PULLEN 1822-1895Businessman. Benefactor of NCSU, UNC-G, and Peace College. Gifts included land for Pullen Park. Birthplace here.
- H-32SHAW UNIVERSITYFounded 1865 by Baptist missionary Henry Martin Tupper. Chartered 1875; named for benefactor Elijah Shaw of Mass.
- H-96ST. AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGEFounded in 1867 by the Episcopal Church as a normal school for freedmen. Since 1928 a four-year college. 4 blocks N.
- H-56THE GOVERNOR MOREHEAD SCHOOLOpened in 1869, it was first state-supported school in U.S. for African American blind & deaf students. Located on this ...
- A-67THOMAS C. MANNING 1825-1887U.S. Minister to Mexico; chief justice, La. Supreme Court.; La. adjutant gen., 1863-65; taught at Edenton Academy. Lived...
- P-74WEAVER COLLEGEFounded as Weaverville College, 1873; Methodist, coeducational. In 1934 merged with Rutherford to form Brevard College. ...
- E-75WILLIAM H. WILLSMethodist Protestant minister. President of the General Conference, 1866. Head of Halifax Male Academy & Elba Female Sem...
The New South, 1878-1929
- E-117ANNA EASTER BROWN 1879-1957A founder in 1908 of Alpha Kappa Alpha, nation’s oldest sorority for African Americans; history teacher. Her grave is ¼ ...
- H-119ANNA J. COOPER 1858-1964Educator, orator, & early black feminist. Graduate, St. Augustine's. Author, A Voice from the South (1892). Grave 2 1/2 ...
- N-23APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITYEst. 1899 as Watauga Academy by B.B. and D.D. Dougherty. A campus of The University of North Carolina since 1972.
- M-39AUGUSTUS LEAZERIntroduced bill, 1885, for industrial school, now N.C. State University. Speaker of House, 1889; prison reformer. Taught...
- F-30BARTON COLLEGEFounded in 1902 by the Christian Church of N.C. as Atlantic Christian College. Renamed 1990 for a church founder, Barton...
- H-77BERRY O'KELLY SCHOOLBegun 1910. Early Negro teacher training school. Named for benefactor. Later used as elementary school. Closed in 1966.
- P-16BINGHAM SCHOOLA boys' military school, operated by Robert Bingham, 1891-1928. Moved from Mebane. Campus was 1 mile S.W.
- E-90BRICK SCHOOLEst. for blacks in 1895 through philanthropy of Mrs. Joseph K. Brick; became junior college in 1926. Closed, 1933. Build...
- K-37CAMERON MORRISON SCHOOLState home and school for boys, opened 1925. Gives academic, vocational, and agricultural training. Three miles W.
- H-62CAMPBELL UNIVERSITYBaptist. Founded in 1887 by James A. Campbell as Buie's Creek Academy. A university since 1979.
- I-27CAROLINA COLLEGEOperated by Methodist Church, 1911-1926. Site used by Presbyterian Jr. College, 1929-1960; Carolina Military Academy, 19...
- F-1CHARLES B. AYCOCKGovernor, 1901-1905. Crusader for public education. Birthplace stands 2/3 mi. east.
- F-35CHARLES B. AYCOCKGovernor of North Carolina, 1901-1905. Crusader for universal education. His law office is 2 blocks S.W.
- H-19CHARLES D. McIVER 1860-1906Educator and first president of what is now UNC-Greensboro, 1891-1906. Boyhood home is 200 yds. W.
- O-62CHARLES H. MEBANESuperintendent of Public Instruction, 1897-1901; president of Catawba College, 1901-04; newspaper editor. Home 3 blocks ...
- F-55CHARLES LEE COON 1868-1927Educational reformer, historian and author. Secty. of Child Labor Committee, 1904-1916. Home was 1/2 blk. west.
- H-103CHARLES N. HUNTER 1852-1931Black teacher, writer, & reformer. Principal, Berry O'Kelly School; a founder, N.C. Industrial Assoc. Lived 1 block S.
- I-32CHARLES W. CHESNUTT 1858-1932Lawyer and writer whose novels and short stories dealt with race and the “color line.” Teacher & principal, 1880-83 at a...
- A-58CHOWAN ACADEMYFounded in 1886 for blacks by Calvin S. Brown, pastor, Pleasant Plains Baptist Church. Later a public school named for B...
- O-53CLAREMONT COLLEGEFounded in 1880 by the Evangelical & Reformed Church as a school for women. Closed in 1916. Stood 300 yards east.
- O-70CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1881-1935Lutheran. A precursor of Lenoir-Rhyne College; burned, 1935. Church now on site 1 block south.
- I-68CROATAN NORMAL SCHOOLEst. in 1887 to educate teachers of Indian youth. It was the forerunner of UNC-Pembroke. Building was 2/10 mile east.
- N-44CROSSNORE SCHOOLFounded by Mary Martin Sloop, physician, 1913, to serve region's youth. Weaving Room, est. 1920, boosted revival of hand...
- O-50DALLASNamed for G.M. Dallas. First seat of Gaston County, 1846-1911; site of Gaston College, now extinct. Courthouse built 184...
- O-65DANIEL E. RHYNE 1852-1931Textile, furniture, and wagon manufacturer and banker. A benefactor of Lenoir Rhyne College. His grave is 100 yards E.
- E-74DRED WIMBERLYFormer slave. Voted for better roads, schools, and colleges as State representative, 1879, 1887; and State senator, 1889...
- G-97DUKE UNIVERSITYFormerly Trinity College. Name was changed in 1924 to honor Washington Duke whose son James B. Duke endowed the institut...
- F-8E. E. SMITH 1852-1933President for over 40 years of State Colored Normal School (Fayetteville State University). U.S. minister to Liberia, 18...
- F-45EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITYEstablished in 1907 as state-supported normal school. A four-year college since 1920. A university since 1967.
- Q-45ECHOTA MISSIONMethodist. Maintained by Holston Conference for Cherokee c. 1840-1885. School established 1850. Missionary's house stand...
- H-90EDWARD A. JOHNSON 1860-1944Politician, businessman, philanthropist, author, and educator. First black to publish a N.C. textbook. Home was here.
- D-40EDWIN A. ALDERMANCrusader for education. President, UNC, 1896-1900; Tulane, 1900-04; Virginia, 1904-31. This was his birthplace.
- A-37ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITYFounded in 1891 as Negro normal school. Four-year college after 1939. Became a university in 1969.
- N-25ELLIOTT DAINGERFIELD 1859-1932Artist, teacher, author. His paintings hang in the National Gallery, Metropolitan Museum, and other galleries. His home ...
- G-52ELON UNIVERSITYFounded as Elon College by the Christian Church in 1889. Coeducational. Burned in 1923; rebuilt 1923-26.
- H-110FANNIE E. S. HECK 1862-1915Social activist; writer. Led the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union after 1892. A benefactor of present Meredith College. ...
- C-47FIRST MOTORIZED SCHOOL BUSOn September 5, 1917, the Pamlico Co. School system inaugurated the first motorized school bus service in North Carolina...
- I-24FLORA MacDONALD COLLEGEPresbyterian. Founded in 1896. Closed 1961. Merged to create St. Andrews College. Was located 1 mi. east.
- P-59FORESTRY SCHOOLFirst U.S. school of forestry. Established 1898 by Dr. C. A. Schenck, chief forester, Biltmore estate. Location until 19...
- F-58FORMER COLLEGESTwo church-affiliated schools were once located in Ayden. Carolina Christian College, founded by Disciples of Christ and...
- P-73FRANCES GOODRICH 1856-1944Missionary and teacher. Her Allanstand Cottage Industries promoted the revival of Appalachian handicrafts. Lived here.
- I-76FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICABegan in N.C. as Young Tar Heel Farmers, 1928, to promote vocational agriculture in schools. Camp here since 1928.
- L-103GEORGE E. DAVIS 1862-1959Organizer & fundraiser, 1921-35, for Rosenwald Schools; program built 813 schools for black students across N.C. Lived 1...
- J-109GREENSBORO LAW SCHOOLEst. by Robert P. Dick & John H. Dillard in 1878. About 300 graduates licensed. School, which was here, closed 1893.
- D-88GREGORY NORMAL INSTITUTESchool for blacks, 1868-1921. Founded by American Missionary Assoc. Named for benefactor James H. Gregory. Was 4 blocks ...
- G-58HENRY JEROME STOCKARDPoet, author of "Fugitive Lines" and other works; lifelong educator; president of Peace Institute, 1907-12. Home stood h...
- J-42HIGH POINT UNIVERSITYFounded by Methodist Church in 1924 with aid from City of High Point. University since 1991.
- J-74IMMANUEL COLLEGELutheran. Founded 1903, and moved here in 1905; prepared black students for work in theology & education. Closed 1961.
- L-104J. E. K. AGGREY (1875-1927) ROSE D. AGGREY (1882-1961)Born in West Africa's Gold Coast (now Ghana), James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey enrolled at Livingstone College in 1898 & later...
- D-95JAMES BENSON DUDLEYEducator. President of what is now N.C. A. & T. University, 1896-1925. His grave is 5 blocks N.
- G-57JAMES E. SHEPARDNegro educational and religious leader. Founder of a college (1910), now N.C. Central University, its president to 1947....
- L-52JAMES P. COOKLed founding of Stonewall Jackson Training School; state senator; est. The Daily Standard in 1890. Home was 1 block W.
- F-41JAMES Y. JOYNER 1862-1954Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1902-1919. Educator and agriculturist. Home is 3 blks. N.W.
- Q-49JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOLEst. in 1925 by Olive D. Campbell and Marguerite Butler, who adapted the Danish folk school model to study of the region...
- E-95JOHN SPENCER BASSETTHistorian. Professor at Trinity College, 1894-1906. Secretary, Amer. Historical Association, 1919-1928. Born here.
- E-114JOHN WILLIAMSON 1846-1911Former slave. Member, legislature, six terms; newspaper publisher & advocate of education. Grave is 1/2 mile west.
- A-61JOSEPH C. PRICE (1854-1893)Negro orator and teacher. A founder and president of Livingstone College. Born in Elizabeth City. House was 2 miles S.
- L-89JOSEPH C. PRICE 1854-1893Minister, teacher, and founder of Livingstone College. Home stands here. Grave 700 ft. E.
- G-101JULIAN S. CARR 1845-1924Industrialist & civic leader. Benefactor of Trinity College. Headed United Confederate Veterans. Grave 1/4 mi. S.
- I-91LAURINBURG INSTITUTEFounded 1904 by E. M. and Tinny McDuffie to educate black students upon encouragement by Booker T. Washington. Campus 10...
- P-29LEE'S SCHOOLA classical preparatory school for boys, 1844-1879. Operated by Col. Stephen Lee at Chunn's Cove, 1/2 mile north.
- N-43LEES-McRAE COLLEGEPresbyterian. Founded in 1900 by Edgar Tufts. Named for teacher Elizabeth McRae & benefactor Mrs. S. P. Lees. Senior col...
- O-46LENOIR RHYNECoeducational, Lutheran college, named for W. W. Lenoir and D. E. Rhyne. Opened as Lenoir College in academic year, 1891...
- H-111LEONARD MEDICAL SCHOOLNation's first four-year medical school. Trained 400 African American physicians. Operated here from 1882 to 1918.
- Q-47LEWIS J. SMITH 1843-1901A founder & benefactor of Cullowhee Academy, forerunner of Western Carolina University. Lived 2 miles north.
- E-28LITTLETON COLLEGEChartered in 1883 as Central Institute and in 1887 as Littleton Female College. Burned 1919. Was located here.
- L-85LIVINGSTONE COLLEGEFounded as Zion Wesley Institute, 1879. Became College in 1885. Rev. J. C. Price president 1882-93. Named for British mi...
- J-123LUCY ROBERTSON 1850-1930First female college president in N.C., Greensboro College, 1902-1913. Was Advocate for education. Her grave is 1 mile N...
- C-69MARINE RESEARCHThe marine environment in this vicinity has long attracted researchers. In the 1880s Johns Hopkins University operated a...
- I-36MARION BUTLERUnited States Senator, 1896-1901. Populist-Republican. Supporter of education, sponsor of rural free delivery act. Birth...
- G-119MARY POTTER ACADEMYFounded by G. C. Shaw 1889 to educate African Americans. Named for a Presbyterian benefactor. Later a public school. Ope...
- H-38MEREDITH COLLEGEAn independent women’s college chartered 1891 as Baptist Female University. Named 1909 for education advocate Thos. Mere...
- L-66MONT AMOENA SEMINARYLutheran school for girls, 1859-1927. The name is Latin for "Mt. Pleasant." Site is one block south.
- P-84MONTREAT COLLEGEPresbyterian. Opened in 1916 as Montreat Normal School. First president was Robert C. Anderson. Campus is 2 miles N.
- E-62MOSES A. HOPKINS 1846-1886U.S. minister to Liberia, 1885-1886; black clergyman. Founder & principal of Albion Academy which stood two blocks east.
- C-76N. C. STATE HIGHWAY PATROLEst. 1929 in response to increased traffic & accidents. First training school was held here; graduated 27 officers.
- J-29N.C. A. AND T. STATE UNIVERSITYChartered in 1891 as a land grant college for blacks. Since 1972 a campus of The University of North Carolina.
- P-58N.C. EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONOrganized in 1884 as N.C. Teachers Assembly in the White Sulphur Springs Hotel. Building was one mile northwest.
- J-105N.C. FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBSVolunteer service group promoted suffrage, education, and other social, cultural causes. Founded 1902 one-half mi. SE.
- N-40N.C. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAFOpened 1894 under superintendent Edward McKee Goodwin. Main building designed by A. G. Bauer.
- G-112N.C. SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICSOpened in 1980 as state-supported, residential high school. Campus was site of Watts Hospital (1909-1976), built by Geo....
- C-48NORTH CAROLINA BANKERS ASSOCIATIONOrganized at Teachers’ Assembly Hall, nearby, July 24, 1897. Thomas Battle, first president.
- G-53NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITYFounded 1910 by James E. Shepard for Negroes. State liberal arts college, 1925-1969. Now a regional university.
- H-25NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGHChartered 1887. Opened 1889 as a land grant college. Since 1931 campus of Consolidated University.
- F-53ODD FELLOWS HOMEOrphanage and school opened in 1892. Provided for 960 children before closing in 1971. The original 20-acre tract is now...
- J-87PALMER MEMORIAL INSTITUTEPreparatory school for blacks founded 1902 by Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Named for Alice Freeman Palmer. Closed in 1971. N...
- N-46PENLAND SCHOOLFounded 1929 by Lucy Morgan (1889-1981) to promote traditional crafts including pottery, metalworking and weaving. Campu...
- A-90PETER WEDDICK MOORE 1859-1934Educator. Was born into slavery. President, what is now Elizabeth City State University, 1891- 1923. Grave 1/3 mi. SE.
- L-73PFEIFFER UNIVERSITYMethodist. Founded as Oberlin Home & School near Lenoir, 1885. Moved here, 1910. Renamed for Pfeiffer family, 1935.
- J-54REYNOLDA HOUSEBuilt 1917 by Katharine, R.J. Reynolds ½ mi. N. on 1,000-acre model farm. Now museum of American art. Farm was donated t...
- Q-48ROBERT L. MADISON 1867-1954Founder of Western Carolina University & its president, 1889-1912, & 1920-1923. Lived 5 mi. N.
- D-108ROBERT R. TAYLOR 1868-1942Pioneer black architect. Taught, designed buildings at Tuskegee, 1893-1933. Housing projects bore his name. Lived 3 bloc...
- A-89ROSENWALD SCHOOLSJulius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington established fund in 1912 to provide grants to African American communities to ...
- L-42S. B. ALEXANDERFirst president of N.C. Farmers' Alliance, 1887. Was N.C. senator & U.S. congressman. Advocate of agricultural education...
- K-34SAMARCANDState juvenile facility. Est. in 1918 to provide girls with educational and vocational training. Campus is 3 mi. south.
- N-36SHEPHERD M. DUGGERAuthor of The Balsam Groves of the Grandfather Mountain, 1892; educator and humorist. Grave one block South.
- J-101SIMON G. ATKINS 1863-1934Founded Slater Academy, now Winston-Salem State Univ.; president, 1892-1904, 1913-34. Religious and community leader. Li...
- A-40STEPHEN B. WEEKSHistorian, bibliographer, collector of North Carolina books and manuscripts, professor at Trinity College, 1891-93. Birt...
- G-50STEPHEN B. WEEKSHistorian, bibliographer, collector of North Carolina books and manuscripts, professor at Trinity College, 1891-93. Grav...
- L-49STONEWALL JACKSON TRAINING SCHOOLState juvenile facility. Est. in 1909 to provide boys with educational and vocational training. Campus is 200 yds. W.
- J-64T. GILBERT PEARSON 1873-1943Ornithologist; teacher; internationally honored conservationist. Founded Audubon Society in N.C. Grave is 1/10 mi. N.E.
- C-40TEACHER'S ASSEMBLY (NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION ASSN.)Headquarters and annual meeting-place, 1888-1900; razed 1934. The building stood here.
- Q-55THOMAS HARBISON 1862-1936Botanist and educator. Pioneer in the study of flora, southeastern U.S. Highlands his base after 1886; taught here.
- G-59THOMAS M. HOLTGovernor, 1891-93; cotton mill owner. Sponsor of railroad development and state aid to education. Home stood 350 yards S...
- I-22THOMPSON INSTITUTEEst. 1881 for blacks by Lumber River Bapt. Assoc. Boarding school; trained teachers; named for A.H. Thompson. Succeeded ...
- P-56UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT ASHEVILLEEstablished 1927; became Asheville-Biltmore College 1936. Moved here in 1961. A campus of The University of North Caroli...
- J-10UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT GREENSBOROEst. in 1891 as a normal school; became Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, 1932. Coeducational since 1...
- I-30UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT PEMBROKEEstablished 1887 as the State Normal School for Indians. Since 1972 a campus of The University of North Carolina.
- L-50W. R. ODELLTextile manufacturer, State Senator, 1905-07. Friend of education. His home is 1 block W.
- P-69WARREN WILSON COLLEGEFounded in 1894 by the Presbyterian Church as Asheville Farm School. A four-year college since 1966. 1 1/2 mi. E.
- Q-38WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITYEstablished in 1889 as a private school. Has been a state supported institution since 1893.
- G-75WILLIAM L. POTEATWake Forest College president, 1905-1927. Champion of freedom of scientific thought. Birthplace and family home stands h...
- L-58WINGATE UNIVERSITYBaptist. Est. as Wingate School in 1896; a junior college, 1923; became a senior college in 1977. University since 1995....
- J-31WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITYEstablished for Negroes as Slater Industrial Academy, 1892. State supported since 1895; University since 1969.
- N-27YANCEY COLLEGIATE INSTITUTEA Baptist preparatory school, 1901-1926. Two of the buildings later used by public schools. 1/2 mile northeast.
- P-88YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTEEst. 1892 as center of social, moral, religious influence for blacks working at Biltmore. Businesses thrived in building...
Modern North Carolina, 1930 on
- L-88A. R. NEWSOME 1894-1951Educator, author, editor; Sec'y of N.C. Historical Commission, 1926-35. Birthplace 1 block east.
- P-61ASHEVILLE NORMAL SCHOOLPresbyterian. Opened 1887 as Home Industrial School. Teacher's College 1892-1944. Stood nearby.
- H-122AVA GARDNER 1922-1990An actress in 67 films, from 1941 to 1986. An Academy Award nominee; Johnston County native. Gravesite 100 yards W.
- P-64BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGEEst. in 1933; closed 1956. Experimental school with emphasis on fine arts & progressive education. Campus was 3 mi. NW.
- E-120ELLA BAKER 1903-1986Civil rights leader. She organized the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, April 1960, at Shaw University. Her ch...
- I-94FT. BRAGG SCHOOL INTEGRATIONIn 1951 superindendent Mildred Poole integrated Riley School 1 mi. S.W. three years before U.S. Supreme Court mandate.
- O-43GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITYBaptist. Founded 1905 as Boiling Springs High School; junior college, 1928-1971. University since 1993.
- P-93GEODESIC DOMESPrototype domes built nearby in 1948 & 1949 by Buckminster Fuller while he taught at Black Mountain College.
- C-46HOFMANN FORESTNamed for J. V. Hofmann. Research forest of 80,000 acres in Jones & Onslow counties. Acquired, 1934, for use by North Ca...
- B-76HYDE COUNTY SCHOOL BOYCOTTAfrican Americans boycotted public schools for the 1968-1969 year, challenging desegregation plan to close black schools...
- J-113INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION CENTERSAs forerunners of state community colleges, 1958-1963, boosted vocational training. First in N.C. operated 200 yards E.
- A-39J. C. B. EHRINGHAUSGovernor, 1933-1937, friend of education, member of General Assembly, solicitor. Birthplace 1/4 mile north.
- I-55METHODIST UNIVERSITYChartered 1956 as four-year liberal arts college. Opened September 1960. University since 2006.
- F-43MOUNT OLIVE COLLEGEOriginal Free Will Baptist. Chartered in 1951 as junior college. Moved here, 1953. Senior college charter granted in 198...
- J-83NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTSEst. 1963; opened 1965. First state-supported school for performing arts in U.S. A campus of The University of North Car...
- E-72NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGEMethodist. Liberal arts, senior co-educational college. Chartered Oct., 1956; opened 1960.
- H-114PAUL GREEN 1894-1981Playwright, teacher, & humanitarian. Awarded Pulitzer Prize, 1927. His 16 outdoor dramas included The Lost Colony (1937)...
- F-39R. D. W. CONNORFirst Archivist of the U.S., 1934-41. Secretary of the N.C. Historical Commission, historian, author, and teacher. His b...
- J-56RANDALL JARRELL 1914-1965Poet & literary critic of national acclaim. Taught at UNC-Greensboro from 1947 to 1965. His grave is 120 yards southwest...
- G-130ROSE BUTLER BROWNE 1897-1986Educator & civil rights activist. Chair, Education Dept., N.C. College for Negroes, 1948-63. Her grave is 100 yds. N.E.
- H-121ST. AGNESHospital. First nursing school in N.C. for African Americans, 1896-1961. Founded by Sarah Hunter. Building four blocks N...
- H-107STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEECivil rights organization, an outgrowth of sit-in movement, had origins in conference at Shaw University, Apr. 15-17, 19...
- L-86UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHARLOTTEEstablished 1946; became Charlotte College, 1949. Moved here 1961. Campus of The University of North Carolina since 1965...
- D-80UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT WILMINGTONEst. 1947 as Wilmington College. Moved here in 1961. A campus of The University of North Carolina since 1969.
Battlefields, sites and undated markers
- P-101ALLEN SCHOOL
- M-32BRANTLEY YORKNoted educator and minister. Founded York Collegiate Institute & numerous academies. Professor at Rutherford College. Gr...
- L-40D. H. HILLLieutenant General, C.S.A.; Supt. N.C. Military Institute in Charlotte; Davidson College professor; Editor, "The Land We...
- L-54DAVID F. HOUSTONSecretary of Agriculture and later of the Treasury under Wilson. College president and author. His birthplace stood 60 y...
- G-63DUKE HOMESTEADBirthplace of J. B. and B. N. Duke, tobacco and hydroelectric magnates, philanthropists (Duke University, the Duke Endow...
- I-97EAST CAROLINA INDIAN SCHOOL
- C-89FARM LIFE SCHOOL
- M-24JAMES HALLPresbyterian minister, Revolutionary soldier and chaplain, educator, pioneer missionary in the Natchez country. Grave is...
- G-140PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL
- H-75WAKE FOREST COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE