Bailey in Nash County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Country Doctor Museum
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 18, 2013
1. Country Doctor Museum Marker
Erected 1973 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number E-82.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1967.
Location. 35° 46.864′ N, 78° 7.341′ W. Marker is in Bailey, North Carolina, in Nash County. It is at the intersection of Alternate U.S. 264 and Peele Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 264Alternate . Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6677 US-264 ALT, Bailey NC 27807, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 16 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Fike Cyclones Football (approx. 11˝ miles away); Elizabeth Gold Swindell (approx. 11.8 miles away); Tram Railroad (approx. 12.7 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 12.7 miles away); Grateful Remembrance of Nash County Boys (approx. 16 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 16 miles away); Vietnam War (approx. 16 miles away).
Regarding Country Doctor Museum. The Country Doctor Museum was founded in 1967 by a small group of women led by Drs. Josephine Newell and Gloria Flippin Graham to commemorate the contributions of the country doctor. The core collections were materials belonging to Dr. Wood Tucker Johnson, Dr. J. Meigs Flippin, Robert E. Flippin, and Dr. Needham B. Herring. Some ancient pieces were purchased from the private collection of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. The medical offices
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 18, 2013
2. Country Doctor Museum Marker, looking east on Dean Street, at Peele Road
In 2003 the museum’s Board of Directors dissolved itself and donated the museum to East Carolina University. It is managed as part of the History Collection of the Laupus Medical Library. The museum offers training for the university’s students of public history, education, and design. It continues to develop exhibits that teach the public about rural healthcare. Among its collections are medical kits, surgical sets, microscopes, apothecary equipment, carriages, and nursing uniforms. Reference books and journals were added over the years, providing research material for medical students. The grounds boast a medicinal herb garden that replicates the oldest such garden in the world in Padua, Italy. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday in Bailey.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 18, 2013
3. Country Doctor Museum Marker, looking west along US 264 Business (Dean Street)
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 18, 2013
4. The Country Doctor Museum
Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 7, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,016 times since then and 32 times this year. Last updated on April 29, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 7, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
