High Point in Guilford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Model Farm

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 4, 2010

1. Model Farm Marker

Inscription. Established by Quakers 1867 to stem westward migration by promoting improved agricultural practices. Tract, sold in 1891, was ½ mi. E.

Erected 1997 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number J-100.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1867.

Location. 35° 56.051′ N, 79° 59.374′ W. Marker is in High Point, North Carolina, in Guilford County. It is at the intersection of Model Farm Road and Baltimore Street, in the median on Model Farm Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: High Point NC 27263, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and specifically in Piedmont Triad.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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 Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Golfers Protest (approx. 0.4 miles away); Springfield Friends Meeting (approx. 0.8 miles away); Highland Cotton Mills Village (approx. one mile away); Rev. Benjamin Elton Cox (approx. 1½ miles away); Guilford County Office and Court Building (approx. 1.6 miles away); Greenhill Cemetery

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(approx. 1.7 miles away); John Coltrane (approx. 1.7 miles away); a different marker also named John Coltrane (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in High Point.

Marker in High Point image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 4, 2010

2. Marker in High Point

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 4, 2010

3. Model Farm Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 4, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,025 times since then and 20 times this year. Last updated on February 13, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 4, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.