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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OLD BRICK CHURCH
Originally German Reformed. Now United Church of Christ. Served in 1759 by James Martin. This church was begun in 1813 and was remodeled in 1840.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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BENNETT COLLEGE
Methodist. Begun 1874; reorganized as woman's college, 1926. Named for Lyman Bennett of Troy, N.Y. Campus 2 bl. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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REYNOLDA HOUSE
Built in 1917 by founder of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Dedicated 1965 as center for advancement of arts and higher education.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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GABRIEL MOORE
Governor of Alabama, 1829-1831. Served in U.S. House and Senate. Official of Mississippi and Alabama Territories. Born near here, 1785.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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WM. CYRUS BRIGGS 1861-1918
Invented in 1898 one of the first successful automatic cigarette machines. Workshop was 3 blocks east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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NAZARETH CHURCH
Lutheran. Begun about 1778 by German settlers. Formerly called "Old Dutch Meeting House." Present building, 1878.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
Founded 1834 in Wake County by N.C. Baptist Convention. Moved to Winston-Salem in 1956.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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CALVIN H. WILEY 1819-1887
First Superintendent of N.C. Common Schools, 1853-1865. Author, editor. Born 1 1/2 miles northeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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DEEP RIVER FRIENDS MEETING
Was begun in 1753 and organized as a Monthly Meeting, 1778. Present building erected 1875.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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CENTRE FRIENDS MEETING
Was begun in 1757 and organized as a Monthly Meeting in 1773. This is the fourth building on the original site.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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O. P. FITZGERALD
Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1890-1911; editor; author; education official in California. Born nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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LEVI COFFIN 1789-1877
A Quaker abolitionist; guided slaves on paths to freedom as leader of Underground Railroad. Was born ca. 4 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ALFRED M. SCALES 1827-1892
Governor, 1885-1889, Confederate general, state legislator, and Congressman. Birthplace stood 3 1/2 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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LOWER SAURA TOWN
A village of the Saura Indians, abandoned by that tribe in the early 18th century, was on Dan River, 2 1/2 mi. N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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UPPER SAURA TOWN
A village of the Saura Indians, abandoned by that tribe in the early 18th century, was on Dan River, two mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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