Downtown in Greensboro in Guilford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Henry Frye
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, August 20, 2013
1. Henry Frye Marker
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Henry Frye. . Henry Ell Frye, attorney, legislator, businessman and judge, has played a major role in local and state history since 1968 when he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. The first African, American member of the General Assembly since 1899 and the 128th in N.C. history, Frye served twelve years in the House and two years in the Senate. Appointed to the North Carolina Supreme Court as an Associate Justice in 1983, Frye was the first African-American selected for that distinguished position. Born in Ellerbe in 1932, he graduated from N.C. A and T State University in 1953 and from the U.N.C. Law School in 1959. In 1963 he was appointed Assistant U.S. District Attorney, another first for a North Carolina African, American. An economic pioneer also, Frye organized Greensboro National Bank, the city's first bank owned by African-Americans, and served as president from its opening in 1971 until 1981.
Henry Ell Frye, attorney, legislator, businessman and judge, has played a major role in local and state history since 1968 when he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. The first African—American member of the General Assembly since 1899 and the 128th in N.C. history, Frye served twelve years in the House and two years in the Senate. Appointed to the North Carolina Supreme Court as an Associate Justice in 1983, Frye was the first African-American selected for that distinguished position. Born in Ellerbe in 1932, he graduated from N.C. A & T State University in 1953 and from the U.N.C. Law School in 1959. In 1963 he was appointed Assistant U.S. District Attorney, another first for a North Carolina African—American. An economic pioneer also, Frye organized Greensboro National Bank, the city's first bank owned by African-Americans, and served as president from its opening in 1971 until 1981.
Location. 36° 4.295′ N, 79° 47.424′ W. Marker is in Greensboro, North Carolina, in Guilford County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of West February
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1 Place and South Elm Street on West February 1 Place. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greensboro NC 27401, 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.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, August 20, 2013
2. Henry Frye Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 6, 2016, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 935 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 6, 2016, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
