CENTRAL PRISON
State prison site since 1869. Original buildings completed in 1884. First supt., W. J. Hicks. New facility finished 1983.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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NORTH CAROLINA DENTAL SOCIETY
Organized in 1856 in the Guion Hotel, which stood here. Dr. W. F. Bason, Haw River, first president.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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WILLIS SMITH
United States Senator, 1950-53, speaker N.C. House of Representatives, president American Bar Assn. Home is 100 yds. W., grave is two miles S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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EDWARD W. POU
Congressman, 1901-1934, Chairman House Rules Committee during parts of administrations of Wilson, F. D. Roosevelt. Grave is 200 yds. south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY
Baptist. Founded in 1887 by James A. Campbell as Buie's Creek Academy. A university since 1979.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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UNION HEADQUARTERS
Gen. H. W. Slocum, commanding the Union forces, located his headquarters in this field, March 16, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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ANDREW JOHNSON 1808-1875
President of the United States, 1865-69. Born near here in a kitchen now located 1 mile N.E. Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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JOSIAH W. BAILEY
United States Senator, 1931-1946. A Baptist leader and editor of "The Biblical Recorder." Home was here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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MANGUM TERRACE
Early erosion-checking terrace, constructed by Priestley H. Mangum about 1885, widely copied in other parts of the U.S. Remains are 2 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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BARBECUE CHURCH
Presbyterian, founded in 1757 by Scottish Highlanders. Present building, the third, erected about 1895, is 200 yds. northeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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THE GOVERNOR MOREHEAD SCHOOL
Opened in 1869, it was first state-supported school in U.S. for African American blind & deaf students. Located on this site 1929-1977.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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JOHN L. TAYLOR 1769-1829
First Chief Justice of N.C. Supreme Court, 1819-1829; author of numerous legal works. Grave is 1/2 mi. E. Home is 1 mi. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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'ELMWOOD'
Home of chief justices John L. Taylor & Thos. Ruffin; of Wm. Gaston, Romulus M. Saunders, & Samuel A. Ashe. Built about 1813. Is 70 yds. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON 1888-1949
Governor, 1941-45; U.S. Senator, 1948-49. Member, General Assembly, 1927, 1929. Home was two blocks west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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L. O'B. BRANCH
Confederate brigadier general; president of Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, 1852-55; member of Congress, 1855-61. Home here, grave 2/3 mi. east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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