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N.C. School for the Deaf

 
 
N.C. School for the Deaf Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 27, 2009
1. N.C. School for the Deaf Marker
Inscription. Opened 1894 under superintendent Edward McKee Goodwin. Main building designed by A.G. Bauer.
 
Erected 1990 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number N-40.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1894.
 
Location. 35° 43.821′ N, 81° 41.581′ W. Marker is in Morganton, North Carolina, in Burke County. It is on W Fleming Dr. (State Highway 70). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Morganton NC 28655, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Mountains. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Jonesboro Historic District (approx. 0.7 miles away); Franklin Pierce Tate House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Etta Baker (approx. 0.9 miles away); “Sacred Dance & the Muses” – 2004 (approx. 0.9 miles away); Tate House (approx. one mile away); Morganton (approx. 1.1 miles away); Burke Courthouse (approx. 1.1 miles away); Our Confederate Soldiers (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Morganton.
 
N.C. School for the Deaf Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 27, 2009
2. N.C. School for the Deaf Marker
N.C. School for the Deaf image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 27, 2009
3. N.C. School for the Deaf
N.C. School for the Deaf image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 27, 2009
4. N.C. School for the Deaf
N.C. School for the Deaf image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 27, 2009
5. N.C. School for the Deaf
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 28, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,021 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 28, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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