Mebane in Alamance County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Bingham School
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2012
1. Bingham School Marker
Erected 2008 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number G-36.)
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 1815.
Location. 36° 8.871′ N, 79° 16.565′ W. Marker is in Mebane, North Carolina, in Alamance County. Marker is at the intersection of Lynch Store Road and North Carolina Highway 119N, on the right on Lynch Store Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2440 Lynch Store Rd, Mebane NC 27302, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. White Furniture (approx. 3.6 miles away); Alexander Mebane (approx. 3.6 miles away); Trading Path (approx. 3.7 miles away); a different marker also named Bingham School (approx. 4 miles away); Occaneechi in the Service (approx. 4 miles away); Pleasant Grove High School (approx. 4.1 miles away); Charles Richard Drew (approx. 4.1 miles away); The McCray School (approx. 6.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mebane.
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Regarding Bingham School. Rev. William Bingham was born 1754, in Ireland. He was educated in Scotland and became principal of Hillsboro Academy in Hillsborough, in 1813. He moved to the rural area of Orange County, near what is now Mebane, North Carolina. He opened the school called Mt. Repose in 1815. Male students lived and studied in log cabins.
Rev. William Bingham died in 1826. His son William James Bingham finished out the year as headmaster at Mount Repose and then closed the school to become principal at Hillsborough Academy.
Bingham School was reopened as W. J. Bingham’s Select School or Oaks. It was located at Oaks, a small community in the southwestern corner of Orange County, N.C.
Continuing the family tradition, another William Bingham, the son of William James Bingham, took over as principal. He incorporated the school as Bingham School and moved the campus to Mebanesville in 1864.
When William died in 1873, his brother Robert Bingham became principal.
Photographed By Paul Jordan, March 28, 2010
2. Bingham School Marker
Also see . . . Captain Robert Bingham, 44th Regiment. North Carolina Confederate Troops. This biography of Robert Bingham includes information on Bingham School. (Submitted on March 30, 2010, by Paul Jordan of Burlington, N. C., U. S. A..)
Additional commentary.
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The existing text "Regarding Bingham School" is not inaccurate but is incomplete. It states: "When William died in 1873, his brother Robert Bingham became principal.
He moved the school to Asheville, N.C. in 1891." This fails to note the continuing educational program at the Bingham School in Mebane.
Corresponding to the entry for Bingham School in NCPedia, the following would be more appropriate: "...his brother Robert Bingham became principal, and in 1891 he established his own Bingham School in Asheville."
For full accuracy, it should be added: "The Bingham School continued in Mebane under the oversight of Mary Stuart Bingham, daughter of William Bingham, and her husband, Preston Lewis Gray, who served as principal." Note To Editor only visible by Contributor and editor
— Submitted July 26, 2022, by James Bingham Gray of Wilmington, North 
Carolina.
Photographed By Paul Jordan, March 28, 2010
3. Bingham School Marker
Additional keywords. Mebanesville, Burlington, Graham, Academy, Hillsborough
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2012
4. Bingham School Marker
Photographed By Paul Jordan, March 30, 2010
5. Bingham School Marker at intersection
This view was taken traveling north on Highway 119. Lynch Store Rd. turns to the right. Marker is immediately on your left as you make your turn.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 29, 2010, by Paul Jordan of Burlington, N. C., U. S. A.. This page has been viewed 1,734 times since then and 31 times this year. Last updated on May 10, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos: 1. submitted on August 11, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 2. submitted on March 29, 2010, by Paul Jordan of Burlington, N. C., U. S. A.. 3. submitted on March 30, 2010, by Paul Jordan of Burlington, N. C., U. S. A.. 4. submitted on August 11, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 5. submitted on March 30, 2010, by Paul Jordan of Burlington, N. C., U. S. A.. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
