NEW GARDEN FRIENDS MEETING
Meeting for worship was begun in 1751; became a Monthly Meeting, 1754. Present bldg. is here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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IMMANUEL COLLEGE
Lutheran. Founded 1903, and moved here in 1905; prepared black students for work in theology & education. Closed 1961.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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GREENSBORO O.R.D.
World War II training camp and overseas replacement depot, 1943-1946. Over 330,000 servicemen were processed here. This is center of 652 acre site.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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R. J. REYNOLDS 1850-1918
Founder of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. In 1875 built his first factory in Winston. Grave 1 block E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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NISSEN WAGON WORKS
Begun in 1834 by John Nissen. By 1919, fifty wagons a day were produced. Sold in 1925. Was located here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FRIES MANUFACTURING AND POWER CO.
First producer of hydroelectric power in North Carolina, April 20, 1898. Located 3 mi. S.W. at early ferry crossing.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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'LAND OF EDEN'
20,000-acre estate of William Byrd, Virginia planter, author, surveyor of Va.-N.C. line, 1728. S.W. corner here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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GREAT WAGON ROAD
Frontier road from Pennsylvania to Georgia in 18th century. A major avenue for settlers of the N.C. backcountry. Passed near here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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BEAN SHOALS CANAL
Attempted ca. 1820-25 by Hiram Jennings for Yadkin Navigation Co. Hamilton Fulton was consultant. Never completed. Ruins located 5 miles S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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LUTHER H. HODGES 1898-1974
Governor, 1954-1961; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1961-1965. A founder of Research Triangle Park. Home is 100 yards east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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McKNIGHT'S MEETING HOUSE
Est. by Methodists ca. 1782. Annual Conferences held here in 1789, 1790, & 1791 by Bishop Asbury. Site was 400 yards N.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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FRATERNITY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN
Oldest German Baptist (Dunker) congregation in North Carolina. Est. ca. 1775 near Muddy Creek, one mile south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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T. GILBERT PEARSON 1873-1943
Ornithologist; teacher; internationally honored conservationist. Founded Audubon Society in N.C. Grave is 1/10 mi. N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FRIEDBERG CHURCH
Moravian. Begun in 1759, organized in 1773; first church and school built in 1769. Third structure, 1825; located 1.6 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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CEDAR HILL FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP
Operated by Clapp, Gates and Company. Made rifles and military supplies for N.C. and the Confederacy, 1861-64. Site 1/4 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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LOW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Congregation organized ca. 1771; fourth church erected in 1971 on site of original log structure.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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HIGH ROCK FORD
Gen. Nathanael Greene maintained headquarters here, Feb. 28-Mar. 12, 1781, before meeting Cornwallis at Guilford Courthouse. Ford is 100 feet west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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DOLLEY MADISON 1768-1849
Hostess and social leader. Wife of President James Madison. Saved artifacts from White House fire, 1814. Born 1 1/2 miles N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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LENOX CASTLE
Also called Rockingham Springs. Council of State met here, 1790. Owned by John Lenox, Archibald D. Murphey, & Thomas Ruffin. Famous health resort.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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HALEY HOUSE
Built 1786 by John Haley, blacksmith & sheriff, on the Petersburg-Salisbury Road. Later a tavern; now preserved as a museum.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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