On U.S. 70, 0.3 miles south of Shuler Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
First head of Oxford Orphanage (1873-1884) and Thomasville Baptist Orphanage (Mills Home), president Oxford Female College. Grave 100 yds. S. — — Map (db m222593) HM
On West Main Street west of Salem Street (North Carolina Highway 109), on the right when traveling west.
Site of the home place of
John W. Thomas
Founder of the city of
Thomasville, 1857
"John W. Thomas, the founder of Thomasville, lived in “a grand mansion” in the center of town, across the street from the town commons. . . . — — Map (db m70005) HM
On Interstate 85 (Interstate 85), on the right when traveling south.
The North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park Dedicated to the 216,000 North Carolinians who served and the over 1,600 who sere killed or missing in the Vietnam War Memorial Day 1991 — — Map (db m222594) WM
On E Main Street at Memorial Park Drive, on the right when traveling north on E Main Street.
During the Civil War, Thomasville became a hospital center that treated the sick and wounded, civilian and soldier alike. From 1862 to 1865, a local doctor, D. W. Smith, operated a smallpox hospital just outside of town. In March 1865, Surgeon Simon . . . — — Map (db m34232) HM
On West Main Street at Trade Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
John W. Thomas, who represented this area in the state legislature in the mid-1800s, laid out the town of Thomasville in 1852 on the proposed route of the North Carolina Railroad. Three years later, the line was completed to the new town, and the . . . — — Map (db m208795) HM WM
Near Memorial Park Drive, on the right when traveling west.
(Preface): John W. Thomas, who represented this area in the state legislature in the mid-1800s, laid out the town of Thomasville in 1852 on the proposed route of the North Carolina Railroad. Three years later, the line was completed to the . . . — — Map (db m222596) HM