In an attempt to “cultivate school spirit and connect between our school and community,” the Hendersonville High School Leadership Class requested to City Council, to rename 8th Avenue West to 1 Bearcat Boulevard. It was made official on September . . . — — Map (db m187810) HM
The Judson College Building (now demolished) at
the corner of Fleming Street and Third Avenue
served as the first Hendersonville High School.
The high school was later located in the former
Noterman house at what is now Boyd Park
between Main . . . — — Map (db m32154) HM
Baptist. Chartered in 1861 as Judson Female College; later coeducational. Operated 1882-1892 in building which stood three blocks S.W. — — Map (db m12418) HM
On Sunday October 28, 1951, the dedication of the new two-story, red-brick building was celebrated. The Ninth Avenue School opened its doors as a consolidated school for the Black American students of Henderson, Polk and Transylvania Counties. It . . . — — Map (db m140648) HM
Following an earlier school on the corner of Justice Street and Ninth Avenue, the Sixth Avenue School opened its doors to area Black American students in 1916. Located on the east side of US 64 and Valley Street, the building was a two story frame . . . — — Map (db m140662) HM
First in North Carolina, organized at Ahoskie in 1909 as the Corn Club. Beginning of present large organization of rural youth in state. — — Map (db m60654) HM
Primary training site for U.S. Army airborne troops in World War II. Established 1943; named for Private John Thomas Mackall. Two miles W. — — Map (db m88662) HM
A school established about 1778 by the Rev. James Hall. Trained many prominent men. Closed about 1787. Was a few hundred yards E. — — Map (db m51207) HM
Under the auspices of the American Missionary Association, an abolitionist organization based in New York. the federal Freedmen's Bureau built a two-room schoolhouse on this lot in 1868-1869. The building was also used by the Baptist church until it . . . — — Map (db m200452) HM
A coeducational private school, conducted by Dr. and Mrs. Richard Henry Lewis, opened in 1877 and closed in 1902, was in this house. — — Map (db m226231) HM
Born at Red House Plantation two miles west of Kinston. Grandson of North Carolina's first State governor. Richard Caswell. Served In the Black Hawk War 1832, Indian Territory 1832-1839. 2nd Seminole War 1839-1842 and Mexican War 1845-1848 where . . . — — Map (db m226246) HM
On this exact site a three story brick building was erected in 1852 by John Motz and known as Motz Hotel, Leading hotel in western North Carolina. Fulfilling need, as Lincolnton was the most important town west of Salisbury. Purchased 1862 by Dr. . . . — — Map (db m44388) HM
Founded as Dorland Institute in 1887 by Dr. and Mrs. Luke Dorland. Taken over by Presbyterian Church U.S.A. in 1893. Became Dorland-Bell Institute in 1918 when consolidated with Bell Institute from Jewell Hill. Moved to Asheville in 1942 as part of . . . — — Map (db m23128) HM
Erected in 1891-1893 by the residents of the community. Bricks handmade in crude mill south of the campus. Second building on Mars Hill College campus. — — Map (db m229403) HM
When Mars Hill University opened its doors in 1856, the buildings and grounds looked very different than they do today. The small four-acre campus, then called French Broad Baptist Institute, was located on the quadrangle in front of this kiosk. It . . . — — Map (db m229396) HM
Martin Egbert Parmalee
Architect
Robert Lee Moore
President
1910
Original use library/classroom building
Named Moore Administration Building
1922
Designated Marshbanks Hall
1979
to honor major benefactors
Mars Hill . . . — — Map (db m229404) HM
Named in honor of William C. McConnell
Asheville businessman
Mars Hill College Trustee, 1909-1936
Building Committee, 1914-1924
Smith and Carrier, Architects
(Richard Sharp Smith,
Chief Architect of Biltmore House)
Dr. Robert . . . — — Map (db m229406) HM
The Rural Heritage Museum facilitates the collection,
preservation, exhibition and interpretation of artifacts relevant
to the history and culture of the Southern Appalachian region.
Through its program of changing exhibitions, the . . . — — Map (db m229402) HM
1906 Spivey Hall, boarding house for boys • Property conveyed to Mars Hill College by the Rev. and Mrs. Frank A. Clark
1907 Treat Dormitory of male students • Milo Clinton Treat, Matching Gift • Architect Unknown
1921 Spilman . . . — — Map (db m229408) HM
Early sessions of Madison County court were held in a log house on this site between 1851 and 1859. Bell Institute, a school operated by the Presbyterian Church USA, served the area. The school house and a dormitory stood a few yards west. — — Map (db m187601) HM
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Marshall High School
1926 — — Map (db m187808) HM
The Oak City Christian Church is also known as Oak City Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The church is a single story, frame, weather-boarded, Gothic Revival style building. It features five lancet-arched stained glass windows and a . . . — — Map (db m227080) HM
Oak City, NC
Martin County
The National Register
of Historic Places
January 25, 2018
High School opened in 1952 and served the communities until 1970. Elementary School was added in 1956 for students in grades K-8.Closed 2008
"When . . . — — Map (db m227083) HM
Stood one-fourth mile south. Parmele Institute, 1900. Industrial Training School - 1912-1914. First brick school Martin County. 1914. Served Black youths, teachers in a training curriculum in the State. — — Map (db m226934) HM
Title: "What Happened To Our School?"
September 19th, 2020
This mural depicts two scenes from Old Fort's effort to fight racial injustice.
Left side
The image on the left is based on a photograph of black school children marching on . . . — — Map (db m202569) HM
The Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center is dedicated to bringing life to the wonderful history of the “Old North State”. The museum, open year round, focuses on history from the pioneer era through the early 20th century. A variety of . . . — — Map (db m211004) HM
The 1790 census for Mecklenburg County lists a total population of 11,439. Enslaved African-Americans were 1,608 or 14% of this number. Nonslaveholding families numbered 1,319 or 766 and slaveholding families numbered 423 or 24%. Of this 24%, 145 . . . — — Map (db m175551) HM
Ephraim Brevard, raised near Charlotte, attended college in Princeton, New Jersey. He became a doctor, and later a teacher and trustee at Queen's College in Charlotte. He married Thomas Polk's daughter, Martha, and helped to write the Mecklenburg . . . — — Map (db m175599) HM
One trait of early Presbyterians in this region was their commitment to education, so that everyone could read the Bible. While many families in Mecklenburg County could not read and could not afford to educate their children, everyone who could . . . — — Map (db m175547) HM
North Carolina Military Institute Charlotte remembers with honor the gallant lads of the N.C. Military Institute, which once stood near here. After Fort Sumter, the ladies of Charlotte presented the cadets with a secession flag they had made, . . . — — Map (db m237554) HM WM
First tax supported college in Carolinas. Charter denied by King George III in 1782. Continued to operate as Queen's Museum and later as Liberty Hall Academy. Was an infirmary for British troops during Cornwallis occupation of Charlotte 1780. The . . . — — Map (db m175509) HM
Charlotte was the home of North Carolina's first civilian hospital, St. Peters, established in 1876. Also, the state's first degree-granting medical college, North Carolina Medical College, opened in the town of Davidson in 1892 and was located in . . . — — Map (db m175517) HM
Thomas Polk (1732-1797), one of Charlotte's most prominent citizens within its formal years, was born in Pennsylvania. Like many of his fellow Scotch-Irish, he moved south on the Great Wagon Road, settling in Mecklenburg County about 1753.
A . . . — — Map (db m175516) HM
First president of N.C.
Farmer's Alliance, 1887.
Was N.C. senator & U.S.
congressman. Advocate of agricultural education.
Home is 1 block S.E. — — Map (db m145714) HM
Home of Major
William Lee Davidson,
who provided the land
for Davidson College
and was the son of
Revolutionary War
General
William Lee Davidson — — Map (db m237451) HM
Lieutenant General, C.S.A.; Supt. N.C. Military Institute in Charlotte; Davidson College professor; Editor, “The Land We Love.” Grave is here. — — Map (db m72902) HM
Cowan’s Ford, Catawba River where the Revolutionary Hero Gen’l. William Lee Davidson was killed in action Feb. 1, 1781 Born at Lancaster, Pa. 1746 -------•------- Davidson College Founded 1837 -------•------- Erected by Edward Lee Baxter . . . — — Map (db m63060) HM
The school bell and handmade bricks recall the glorious days of historic Bain Academy, established by John Bain on Philadelphia Presbyterian Church land in 1889 and redesigned to include a 300-seat auditorium by AIA architect Louis Asbury in 1924.
. . . — — Map (db m237930) HM
Founded 1929 by Lucy Morgan (1889-1981) to promote traditional crafts including pottery, metal-working, and weaving. Campus 1 mile S.W. — — Map (db m79446) HM
Chartered 1967 to honor the "old family doctor." Two doctors' offices, 1857 & 1887, restored with medical & apothecary artifacts. Two blocks south. — — Map (db m221561) HM
On this site stood the Rocky Mount Mills School
Est. 1896 Closed 1946
Built and operated by Rocky Mount Mills to provide grades 1-7 for the benefit of the Mill Village children — — Map (db m222122) HM
Late Gothic-revival style church built for African Methodist Episcopal congregation organized in 1865. Contractor and church member Lewis Hollingsworth designed the building. Other congregants worked as master carpenters and masons. Notable . . . — — Map (db m226295) HM
Founded in 1947 by New Hanover County. The forerunner of UNC Wilmington operated until 1961 in Isaac Bear Elementary School, which stood 75 feet south. — — Map (db m77236) HM
First chaplain of U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 1813-1817; president William and Mary College; rector St. James Church. Grave ¾ mi. N.E. — — Map (db m28724) HM
This public area perpetuates the name of Colonel James Innes A fearless and brave New Hanover County soldier, he served against the Spanish forces at Cartagena, Colombia, in 1740, and in 1754 commanded the Colonial forces in the . . . — — Map (db m224905) HM
A student of history, a seeker of truth, a faithful follower of Christ, “Millie” dedicated herself to a study of the past in order that it could be part of our future. — — Map (db m28918) HM
Joseph Jacobs, Architect Benjamin Jacobs, Builder Transitional Georgian-federal style structure built for St. John’s Lodge No. 1, Ancient York Mason’s and shared by Concord Chapter; Masonic Mural (c.1809) remains. Purchased in 1824 by Thomas W. . . . — — Map (db m226388) HM
County's first black School Board member, 1971. Led efforts to integrate local schools and provide equity in education & facilities. — — Map (db m227062) HM
In recognition of
Julius Valentine Hofmann
This Hofmann Forest, a 78,000 acre tract established in 1934 and dedicated to demonstrate sound forestry education and practice, is the result of the pioneering vision, energy and resourcefullness . . . — — Map (db m23732) HM
John Sprunt Hill bought this block of buildings in the 1920's and donated it in parcels to UNC from 1947-51 with the stipulation that rent monies fund the North Carolina Collection at the library of the University which is still in effect to this . . . — — Map (db m86542) HM
The oldest state university building
in the nation
Cornerstone laid by
William Richardson Davie
October 12, 1793
Third story 1822 • North addition, 1844
Designed by Alexander Jackson Davis
Old East,
University of North . . . — — Map (db m232683) HM
The Reverend Robert Burwell, his wife Anna, and their two children moved from Virginia to Hillsborough in 1835. The Presbyterians, who hired him as their minister, provided the family with a house which was built around 1821 on the corner of Union . . . — — Map (db m232399) HM
Operated, 1845 to 1884. Founded by Samuel W. Hughes. Attended by Wm. T. Dortch, David I. Craig, Geo. T. and P.H. Winston. Site is 1 mi. W. — — Map (db m98535) HM
The Burwell School was one of the earliest schools in North Carolina, which provided a scholarly education for young women. The school was established by Margaret Anna Burwell and Reverend Robert Burwell in 1837 and operated until 1857. Young women . . . — — Map (db m232361) HM
The building on the right was built in
1915 to serve the children of Oriental
and Kershaw who in 1917 rode North
Carolina's first motorized school bus.
During the 1920s the Duke Seashore
Summer School used this building for a
teacher-training . . . — — Map (db m189362) HM
Sponsored the 1891 bill to establish present-day Elizabeth City State University; legislator, 1876-80, 1885, 1891. His grave is 6/10 mile west. — — Map (db m56816) HM
