On Statesville Boulevard (U.S. 70) at Amity Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on Statesville Boulevard.
Home of the Knox family since colonial days. James Knox, grandfather of President James Knox Polk, lived there. House stood 4 miles west. — — Map (db m182010) HM
You are now standing on grounds of the oldest church of any denomination or institution in the western half of NC there possesses legal documentation for proof of age. Land grants were made in this area in 1747 and the meeting house that became . . . — — Map (db m182002) HM
On State Highway 152, 0.1 miles east of Meredith Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Introduced bill, 1885, for industrial school, now N.C. State University. Speaker of House, 1889: prison reformer. Taught at academy here. — — Map (db m237131) HM
Near State Highway 152, 0.1 miles east of Meredith Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Let this plaque forever remind the
children of Prospect Presbyterian
Church that: near this spot in the
early 1800's, the stone was set for
the first church at Prospect.
In the 1850's the second
church was built nearby — — Map (db m237150) HM
Near Back Creek Church Road (State Road 1763) near Cemetary Church Road, on the left when traveling south.
This property has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Dept. of Interior.
“… built on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as
the chief cornerstone.” . . . — — Map (db m237122) HM
Four houses of worship have served the Thyatira congregation the first, called lower meeting house was constructed of logs approximately 100 yards west of this site around 1749. The name was changed to Cathey's Meeting House around 1755. The second, . . . — — Map (db m181991) HM
On Mooresville Road (State Highway 150) at White Road, on the right when traveling west on Mooresville Road.
Presbyterian. Founded by 1750.Present building completed in 1860. First permanent minister was Samuel McCorkle, who is buried 600 yards N. — — Map (db m181987) HM
Near Organ Church Road at Shive Road, on the right when traveling north.
Arends
Johann Gottfried Arends
December 11, 1740-July 9, 1807
He came here as a teacher in 1773, German church leaders complied with the request from sixty Rowan families carried by Christopher Lyerly and Christopher Rendleman, . . . — — Map (db m181950) HM
On Brenner Avenue just south of Hedrick Street, on the left when traveling south.
In memory of WW I veterans
In memory of WW II veterans
In memory of Korean veterans
In memory of Vietnam veterans
In memory of Bosnia veterans
In memory of Desert Storm veterans
In memory of Saudi Arabia veterans
In memory of Iraq . . . — — Map (db m175777) WM
On South Craige Street south of West Monroe Street, on the right when traveling south.
Delta Xi Omega Chapter
Chartered April 19, 1947
Salisbury, North Carolina
On April 19, 1947, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Incorporated®, Delta Xi Omega Chapter was chartered
in Salisbury, North Carolina by Clarissa K. Dillard,
South . . . — — Map (db m238884) HM
On North Fulton Street north of West Liberty Street, on the right when traveling north.
Built by William Cole Blackmer. Lived in by generations of Woodsons, a family prominent in medicine, law, business, and politics. The families of Horatio N. Woodson, Dr. Charles Whitehead Woodson, and H. Nelson Woodson lived here.
Given by . . . — — Map (db m238715) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 29/70) just north of West Innes Street, on the right when traveling south.
From this town Richard Henderson in Behalf of Henderson and Company dispatched Daniel Boone, John Findlay, John Stuart, Joseph Holden, James Mooney and William Cooley to explore the wilderness of Kentucky. — — Map (db m175793) HM
You are facing the 18 trenches used by the Salisbury Confederate Prison for the burial of prisoners, most of whom died after October 1864. — — Map (db m35270) HM
On E Bank Street, on the right when traveling north.
On November 2, 1861, the Confederate government purchased about 16 acres here for a prison. The tract included an abandoned three-story cotton mill, a boiler house, six tenements, a superintendent’s house, and several smaller buildings. A stockade . . . — — Map (db m34202) HM
On West Innes Street north of Trustee Circle, on the right when traveling north.
Coeducational, liberal arts. Affiliated with Evangelical & Reformed Church. Opened at Newton, 1851. Moved here, 1925, and enlarged. — — Map (db m238969) HM
On West Fisher Street just west of South Church Street, on the left when traveling west.
Wrote more than forty novels, odes and poems. "The Land of the Sky" has been an inspiration to all who have read it, and many travelers have visited North Carolina to enjoy scenic beauties so graphically described by her. — — Map (db m175786) HM
On S Main Street (U.S. 70), on the right when traveling north.
Settled by Scotch-Irish in 1747, coming from Pennsylvania along the “Great Wagon Road”. Established as the county seat in 1753. Named after the cathedral town (New Sarum) in England. Largest city in western North Carolina in the 18th and 19th . . . — — Map (db m35662) HM
On South Church Street at West Fisher Street, on the right when traveling north on South Church Street.
The property at this corner of Church and Fisher Streets was the location of a three-week revival that in 1887 initiated the textile industry in Rowan County. The Salisbury Public Art Committee designed a bronze history marker for the site and . . . — — Map (db m175782) HM
On West Fisher Street just north of South Main Street (U.S. 29/70), on the right when traveling north.
This mural depicts Salisbury at the turn of the 20th century. Local artist Cynvia Arthur Rankin completed the 127' × 48.5' mural over three years. The mural was dedicated on November 30, 1980. One hundred forty-one local citizens in period . . . — — Map (db m175779) HM
On S Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north.
In 1859, Dr. Josephus Wells Hall bought this house, which was constructed in 1820 as the Salisbury Female Academy, and added a new entrance and the double veranda with lacey ironworks. Inside, he had ornate French wallpaper hung and the hall . . . — — Map (db m34279) HM
On South Fulton Street at West Monroe Street, on the right when traveling south on South Fulton Street.
Large Jacobean-style mansion built
1900-1903 by E. B. C. Hambley using
local granite from the Whitney Mine.
Purchased by the Leo Wallace, Sr.
family in 1927. Restored in 2011-12
by Mona Lisa and Leo Wallace, III.
Listed on National Register . . . — — Map (db m238749) HM
On West Innes Street just north of South Main Street (U.S. 29/70), on the left when traveling west.
Friendless, penniless, and above, he took his own life, and died at the age of eighty — this man who had shaken the Republic from center to circumference and who at a critical period had held and filled the center of the stage. . . . — — Map (db m175792) HM
On North Church Street at West Innes Street, on the left when traveling north on North Church Street.
"The principle use of the Deagan Tower Chimes is…to carry the message of Christ and Christianity beyond the walls of the church building into the hearts and homes and homes of the entire community"
The J.C. Deagan Company of Chicago, Illinois . . . — — Map (db m175787) HM
On West Monroe Street at South Craige Street, on the right when traveling west on West Monroe Street.
Born in West Africa's Gold Coast (now Ghana), James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey enrolled at Livingstone College in 1898 & later joined the faculty. In 1920 he returned to Africa where he influenced the course of post colonialism. In 1905 Aggrey married . . . — — Map (db m238759) HM
On East Innes Street just east of South Main Street (U.S. 29/70), on the right when traveling east.
John Willis Ellis was born November 20, 1820, in the area of Rowan County which later became a part of the new county of Davidson. In 1842 he opened his law office at No. 2 Cowan's Row, located in this block. Early in his career he won a seat in . . . — — Map (db m175778) HM
On W Innes Street at S Ellis Street, on the left when traveling west on W Innes Street.
United States Senator, 1903-30, a leading supporter of Wilson’s war policies, Speaker of the House of Representatives. His home is here. — — Map (db m34286) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 29/70) at East Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
Founded as Zion Wesley Institute, 1879. Became College in 1885. Rev. J.C. Price president 1882-93. Named for British missionary. 5 blocks west. — — Map (db m238747) HM
On North Church Street at West Liberty Street, on the right when traveling south on North Church Street.
Lynching in America Racial terror lynching claimed the lives of thousands of African Americans and created a legacy of injustice that can still be felt today. After slavery ended, many white people remained committed to racial hierarchy and used . . . — — Map (db m238719) HM
On South Church Street just south of West Fisher Street, on the right when traveling south.
Spruce Macay (1755-1808), prominent local attorney, law teacher and judge, built his office on this lot. Andrew Jackson, U.S. President and William R. Davie, Revolutionary war hero and founder of the University of North Carolina studied under Macay . . . — — Map (db m175783) HM
Maine’s tribute to her soldiers who died while prisoners of war at Salisbury, N.C. 1864 – 1865 [ Right of Monument: ] “They fought for peace, - for peace they fell, - they sleep in peace, and all is well.” [ Rear of . . . — — Map (db m34406) HM
On S Main Street (U.S. 70), on the right when traveling north.
When Dr. L. J. Meroney and his sister Lena built the theater in 1905, its large seating capacity attracted professional troupes to Salisbury. Two of the most famous thespians of the day, the “Divine” Sarah Bernhardt and the glamorous Lillian . . . — — Map (db m35657) HM
On West Monroe Street at Lloyd Street, on the right when traveling west on West Monroe Street.
In 1923, became Salisbury's
new Black public school.
It was originally named
Joseph C. Price High School
in honor of Livingstone
College's first president.
The first principal was
Professor L. Hamilton Hall.
In 1932, the school . . . — — Map (db m238802) HM
On North Church Street north of West Kerr Street, on the right when traveling north.
This property
Mount Zion
Baptist Church
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
December 30, 1985 — — Map (db m238713) HM
On North Lee Street north of East Cemetery Street, on the right when traveling north.
Established 1768. Land given to German Lutheran congregation by John Lewis Beard. Contains graves of German, Scotch-Irish, and English settlers. Site of only church building in Salisbury for about 50 years. Wall built 1878. — — Map (db m228954) HM
On Government Road, on the left when traveling south.
[ Left Tablet: ] This monument is erected by authority of an Act of the Pennsylvania Legislature approved June 13th 1907. To commemorate the patriotic devotion, heroism, and self-sacrifice of the officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania . . . — — Map (db m34410) HM
On N Main Street (U.S. 29) at W Council Street, on the left when traveling north on N Main Street.
The Old Rowan County Courthouse, a visible reminder of Salisbury’s antebellum prosperity, was erected in 1855 and is one of North Carolina’s finest Greek Revival-style public buildings. It served as Rowan’s third courthouse until 1914. Salisbury . . . — — Map (db m34278) HM
On N Main Street (U.S. 29), on the left when traveling north.
Erected by the Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in memory of the Rowan County boys who fought in the World War - 1919 — — Map (db m35736) HM
On East Kerr Street at Depot Street, on the right when traveling south on East Kerr Street.
In 1856 Nathaniel Boyden and other investors established the North Carolina Foundry and Agricultural Machine Works. It was located on East Kerr Street on an acre lot lying between the railroad and Long Street. The property, with its three large . . . — — Map (db m238692) HM
On N. Lee Street just north of E. Cemetery Street, on the right when traveling north.
In memory of Rowan's Confederate Soldiers that their heroic deeds, sublime self-sacrifice and undying devotion to duty and Country may never be forgotten
Soldiers of the Confederacy, Fame has given you an imperishable crown. History will . . . — — Map (db m195015) WM
On West Fisher Street at South Church Street, on the right when traveling west on West Fisher Street.
Religious fervor provided the impetus for establishing Rowan County's post-Civil War textile industry. On November 9, 1887, during a three-week revival held in the Farmer's Warehouse on this site, the Reverend R.G. Pearson, a visiting evangelist, . . . — — Map (db m175781) HM
On East Innes Street, 0.1 miles east of South Main Street (U.S. 29/70), on the left when traveling east.
1817: Townsmen donate $415. "We … do promise to pay to the Commissioners of the Town of Salisbury … to procure an engine and other fire apparatus … for the safety of the town." Witnessed 12/8/1817.
1866: A new fire engine was purchased . . . — — Map (db m175796) HM
Salisbury Prison and Trench Graves Salisbury Prison was established by the Confederate government in October 1861 on the site of an old cotton factory. In preparation for the first prisoners, a portion of the grounds was enclosed by a stockade . . . — — Map (db m34398) HM
On West Innes Street just west of South Main Street (U.S. 29/70), on the right when traveling west.
June 15, 1920—First formal meeting, installation of local officers, and presentation of its charter from Rotary International was held on the roof garden of the Wallace Building (now The Plaza).
On West Innes Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman’s U. S. Cavalry fought a skirmish with Southern troops near here, April 12, 1865. — — Map (db m33921) HM
On N Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
Stoneman’s U.S. Cavalry occupied the town of Salisbury, Apr. 12, 1865, and destroyed the Confederate warehouses, supplies, and prison. — — Map (db m33918) HM
On Depot Street at East Council Street, on the right when traveling south on Depot Street.
Charles Sparks chose Salisbury as the winter home for his Sparks World-Famous Shows (1910-1916 & 1918-1919) because of its north-south and east-west railways and the nearby Spencer Shops that could refurbish the circus train. Each year, before . . . — — Map (db m238709) HM
On West Fisher Street just west of South Church Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1909 twelve ladies, led by Mrs. James Preston Moore (nee Beulah Stewart), organized the Travelers' Club for the purpose of becoming well informed on foreign countries and other subjects. "Miss Beulah," as she was affectionately known, was . . . — — Map (db m175785) HM
On South Church Street just south of West Fisher Street, on the right when traveling south.
Dug in the mid-1700s, it was last used by the A.H. Boyden family in the early 1900s. The well was the source of water for those who resided on this property, notably the familes of Adlai Osborne, Archibald Henderson, and Spruce Macay, along with his . . . — — Map (db m175784) HM
On famous trading path used by Indians and early settlers. There Greene, retreating from Cornwallis, crossed on Feb. 2, 1781. East 1 mi. — — Map (db m33930) HM
On N Main Street (U.S. 29) at W Midway Street, on the right when traveling north on N Main Street.
Colonial trading route, dating from 17th century from Petersburg, Virginia, to the Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby. — — Map (db m34416) HM
In 18 trenches, just south of this spot, rest the bodies of 11,700 soldiers of the United States Army, who perished during the years 1864 and 1865 while held by the Confederate Military Authorities as prisoners of war in a stockade near this place. . . . — — Map (db m34403) HM
On Council Street at North Main Street (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling south on Council Street.
Wiley Immanuel Lash (1908-1995), son of the Reverend Wiley H. and Mayzonetta "Mary" Grundy Lash received his education at a local black parochial school and Livingstone College. He rose to political prominence in the Negro Civic League where he . . . — — Map (db m228946) HM
On East Innes Street just east of South Main Street (U.S. 29/70), on the right when traveling east.
William Valentine, a free man of color, was born in North Carolina and lived in Salisbury for a number of years. His home on East Bank Street, purchased before the Civil War, was located just outside the gates of the Confederate States Military . . . — — Map (db m175794) HM
Near White Road, 0.2 miles north of Mooresville Road (North Carolina Road 150), on the left when traveling north.
[First stone]
Earliest date of record
Jan. 1, 1753
This building being the
fourth house of worship
of this congregation.
Completed 1860.
This stone placed
1930
[Second stone]
Thyatira
Presbyterian Church
at . . . — — Map (db m237121) HM
On White Road, 0.2 miles north of Mooresville Road (North Carolina Road 150), on the left when traveling north.
This cemetery, eight miles west of Salisbury was
established by December 10, 1750. It is the oldest
ecclesiastical cemetery in the western half of North
Carolina. The oldest surviving grave marker is that
of John Nesbit, 1755. Veterans of the . . . — — Map (db m237118) HM
Food Lion, founded in 1957 by Ralph Ketner, Brown Ketner, and Wilson Smith was originally named Food Town and located in what is now the Ketner Center in Salisbury, North Carolina. Grocery prices at the time included ten-pound-bags of potatoes for . . . — — Map (db m103851) HM
On Salisbury Avenue (U.S. 29) north of 5th Street, on the right when traveling north.
In commemoration of the 1977 gift to the State of North Carolina by Southern Railway Company of the property and buildings which formerly housed Southern's largest steam locomotive servicing facility. Historic Spencer Shops, North Carolina's . . . — — Map (db m100745) HM
The Magnetic Signal Company, formed sometime after 1910, received its first patent, on May 19, 1914. The Los Angeles-based company mainly sold its crossing signals to western railroads, such as the Santa Fe and Union Pacific. Pacific Electric . . . — — Map (db m102419) HM
Builder: International Car Company, Kenton, Ohio
Date Complete: April 1976
Cost: $45,000
Built as: Norfolk & Western Railway 555012
In 1976 the Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W) placed an order for one hundred new cabooses with the . . . — — Map (db m104595) HM
Railroads use signals for traffic control. They give crews permission for track use.
One of the most interesting signal styles is the position light, first used on the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1915. Instead of one light signifying the signal . . . — — Map (db m102420) HM
Streetcar #85 was manufactured in Charlotte in 1927 by the Southern Public Utilities Company The trolley ran 11 years in the city, powered by overhead electric wires. It was the last streetcar running and was the centerpiece of a ceremony that . . . — — Map (db m104594) HM
This 37-stall roundhouse and 100-foot turntable built by the Southern Railway are among the few survivors of a distinctive type of locomotive repair facility that was once common across North America. The radial track and turntable arrangement was . . . — — Map (db m104588) HM
The Muscle of Spencer Shops
While the Bob Julian Roundhouse, located just south of here, provided routine maintenance for Southern Railway's steam locomotives, the Back Shop was where the heavy lifting was done—literally. Locomotives . . . — — Map (db m104590) HM
When Southern Railway formed in 1894, its first President, Samuel Spencer, began looking for a location for a new repair facility halfway between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Ga. As Rowan County became the targeted location, former N.C. State . . . — — Map (db m103741) HM
