JOHN CHAVIS ca. 1762-1838
African American teacher, preacher, & Revolutionary War veteran. Taught free black & prominent white students in school nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY
After 1928 popularized Indy-style car racing. Site hosted the last NASCAR race on dirt track, 1970. Half-mile oval was 250 yds. SW.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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JOHN OWEN 1787-1841
Governor, 1828-1830; state legislator; and Whig party leader. His grave is 400 yards W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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ANNA J. COOPER 1858-1964
Educator, orator, & early black feminist. Graduate, St. Augustine's. Author, A Voice from the South (1892). Grave 2 1/2 blks. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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G. B. CASHWELL 1862-1916
“Pentecostal Apostle of the South.” Inspired by Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles in 1906, he led revival ¼ mi. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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EXECUTIVE MANSION
Official residence, N.C. governors, it was completed 1891 on Burke Square using prison labor. Architects, A.G. Bauer & Samuel Sloan.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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EUGENICS BOARD
State action led to the sterilization by choice or coercion of over 7,600 people, 1933-1973. Met after 1939 one block E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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METHODIST ORPHANAGE
Est. by Methodist Church, 1899; served children in central & eastern N.C. Campus here until 1979.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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ARTIFICIAL LIMBS
North Carolina was first state to provide limbs to Confederate amputees. Factory, which operated 1866-67, was 1/4 mi. NE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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LEONARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Nation's first four-year medical school. Trained 400 African American physicians. Operated here from 1882 to 1918.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FREEDMEN'S CONVENTION
Delegates resolved to seek equal rights for state's freed blacks. Met, Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 1865, one block north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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GEORGE MOSES HORTON
Slave poet. His The Hope of Liberty (1829) was first book by a black author in South. Lived on farm 2 mi. SE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE
Civil rights organization, an outgrowth of sit-in movement, had origins in conference at Shaw University, Apr. 15-17, 1960.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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NORTH CAROLINA BAR ASSOCIATION
Organized here, Feb. 10, 1899, in room then used by N.C. Supreme Court. Platt Walker of Charlotte, group's first president.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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C. C. CRITTENDEN 1902-1969
Historian, archivist, & editor. Promoted "History for all the people" as head of N.C.'s state historical agency, 1935-1968. Boyhood home was here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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WILLIAM POLK 1758-1834
Revolutionary War officer; first president of State Bank, 1811-19. In 1825 hosted Lafayette in house that stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CHARLES N. HUNTER 1852-1931
Black teacher, writer, & reformer. Principal, Berry O'Kelly School; a founder, N.C. Industrial Assoc. Lived 1 block S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ENDOR IRON WORKS
Large smelting furnace provided iron, 1862-65, to Confederacy. Reopened 1870 & ceased to operate 1896. Remains 1 1/2 mi. NE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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CLARENCE POE 1881-1964
Editor and publisher of the Progressive Farmer, 1903-1954. Social and agricultural reformer. Lived 400 yards S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Organized 1816. Site of Constitutional Convention of 1835. State Supreme Court met here, 1831-40, after Capitol fire. This building completed 1900.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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