Educational reformer, historian and author. Secty. of Child Labor Committee, 1904-1916. Home was 1/2 blk. west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
Presbyterian. Organized about 1756. Served by Hugh McAden, Robert Tate, & others. Third building on site 10 yds. north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
Primitive Baptist leader & for 50 years editor of Zion's Landmark. Office & home was 1/2 blk. NE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
Last Sec'y of War & first Sec'y of Army, 1947-49. Attorney; state senator; brig. gen., 1943-45. Led military justice reform. Home was here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
Orphanage and school opened in 1892. Provided for 960 children before closing in 1971. The original 20-acre tract is now a city park.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
Organized May 14, 1873. J. A. Engelhard elected first president at meeting held near this spot.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
Major General, Confederate Army. His service spanned the Peninsula Campaign to Appomattox. Family plantation, called "Grimesland," was here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
Plantation of Thomas S. Kenan, legislator & U.S. Congressman, whose son, Owen Rand, legislator, Confederate Congressman, and major, was born here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
On March 26, 1830, the North Carolina Baptist State Convention was organized at the Gorham home which was near here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
Established in 1907 as state-supported normal school. A four-year college since 1920. A university since 1967.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
On December 15-16, 1862, on a raid at Whitehall, Union troops led by Gen. J. G. Foster damaged the Confederate Ram "Neuse."Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
Original Free Will Baptist. Chartered in 1951 as junior college. Moved here, 1953. Senior college charter granted in 1982.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
Member of N.C. Senate, 1829-1836; Speaker, 1833-1835. First governor of State of Florida, 1845-1849. Home was 1 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1902-1919. Educator and agriculturist. Home is 3 blks. N.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
Disciples of Christ since 1843. Organized about 1760 as Free Will Baptist. Part of present church built in 1858. One mile northwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...