"The Baggage Road" (Summerfield Road) and
"Salisbury Road" (NC-150) intersected to form
"Bruce's Crossroads." The area was named in
1768 after Charles Bruce, an early Guilford
settler who owned extensive area property and
an active Patriot in . . . — — Map (db m234037) HM
James Gillies, Light-Horse Harry Lee's
teenage bugler, was killed near this spot by
Tarleton's British Dragoons February 12,
1781. Gillies accompanied a small posse of
Revolutionaries from a camp near present-
day Summerfield to verify reports . . . — — Map (db m234040) HM
• Appointed by provincial Congress to purchase firearms and ammunition for troops, April, 1776.
• Member of Halifax Congress, November, 1776. On committee of accounts. Recruiting officer, 1777.
• Member of House of Commons, 1782.
• State . . . — — Map (db m234115) HM WM
This frame, Greek Revival-style house with
stone foundation was built in 1858 by its
namesake for his bride, Nancy Roach Willson.
The family lived in this home until the death
of Miss Clara Willson in 1959. The second
owners bought the . . . — — Map (db m234116) HM
Revolutionary Leader
and Founder of Bruce's Cross Roads
(now Summerfield)
and
grave of James Gillies
Light Horse Harry Lee's Bugler
slain by British Feb. 12, 1781. — — Map (db m234035) HM
Laughlin School was established January
1866 as a "Sabbath School" at Peace Church.
In 1934 Summerfield Colored School
opened with 5 teachers and 190 students.
It was renamed Laughlin School in honor
of the first principal, Duella Laughlin.
. . . — — Map (db m234038) HM
Founded in 1840, Peace United Methodist
Church was a Quaker “Sabbath School” for
freed slaves. Later purchased by the Northern
Methodist Conference, it was given to the local
congregation, which birthed Laughlin School.
The black and white . . . — — Map (db m234117) HM
Summerfield School Gym, originally known as
the "Rock Gym," was completed in 1939. A
product of The Works Project Administration,
it was constructed in the "Rustic Revival" style
using quarried rock from the nearby Robert
Gamble farm and . . . — — Map (db m234036) HM
This Southern Railway “freight shed” (c. 1952) stored freight after the Depot was retired and torn down. It sits on the original A&Y Railroad railbed.
A&Y tracks laid: 1886 • Depot built, first trains: 1887 • Last passenger train: 1939 • Depot . . . — — Map (db m234114) HM
The depot served the Atlantic & Yadkin Railway, which was part of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway and “Mountain-to-Sea Railway.” The 1887 depot was just southeast of Rhondan Road and was demolished circa early 1950s.
The depot handled . . . — — Map (db m234113) HM
