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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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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