Guilford
Battle Of New Garden
Greensboro, NC
Early on Mar. 15, 1781, the British and American forces skirmished near the New Garden Meeting House prior to the Battle of...
Beard's Hat Shop
High Point, NC
William Beard made & sold hats at his well-known shop, established before 1795 and later operated by his son David.
Buffalo Church
Greensboro, NC
Presbyterian, organized about 1756.
Calvin H. Wiley 1819-1887
First Superintendent of N.C. Common Schools, 1853-1865.
Centre Friends Meeting
Was begun in 1757 and organized as a Monthly Meeting in 1773.
Cone Brothers
Greensboro, NC
Moses and Ceasar Cone pioneered marketing of textiles; manufactured denim & flannel.
Confederate Hospital
Greensboro, NC
Set up in the First Presbyterian Church to receive wounded from Battle of Benton- ville, 1865, was here.
David Caldwell 1725-1824
Greensboro, NC
Educator, minister, & orator for Patriot cause.
David Schenck 1835-1902
Greensboro, NC
Founder, Guilford Battle Ground Company, 1887.
Dolley Madison 1768-1849
Greensboro, NC
Hostess and social leader.
Edgeworth Female Seminary
Greensboro, NC
Established by John M. Morehead, operated, 1840-1862, 1868-1871.
Greensboro O.r.d.
Greensboro, NC
World War II training camp and overseas replacement depot, 1943-1946.
Guilford County Health Department
Greensboro, NC
Established in 1911, it was the first county health department in N.C. and second in U.S. Now two blocks north.
Guilford Courthouse
Greensboro, NC
Armies of Greene and Cornwallis engaged in pivotal battle here on March 15, 1781.
Haley House
High Point, NC
Built 1786 by John Haley, blacksmith & sheriff, on the Petersburg-Salisbury Road.
Immanuel College
Greensboro, NC
Lutheran. Founded 1903, and moved here in 1905; prepared black students for work in theology & education.
James Hunter
Julian, NC
Regulator leader. Out- lawed after Battle of Alamance, 1771.
Jefferson Davis
Greensboro, NC
The President of the Confederacy held two meetings of his cabinet, April 12-13, 1865, at the home of J. T. Wood, which was a few...
Joseph G. Cannon
Greensboro, NC
Member of Congress for 46 years from Illinois, Speaker of the House, 1903-11.
Levi Coffin 1789-1877
Greensboro, NC
A Quaker abolitionist; guided slaves on paths to freedom as leader of Underground Railroad.
Lindsay Street School
Greensboro, NC
The first permanent public graded school in N.C. opened in 1875 in a building which stood on this site.
Low's Lutheran Church
Congregation organized ca.
Model Farm
High Point, NC
Established by Quakers 1867 to stem westward migration by promoting improved agricultural practices.
Mount Hecla Mill
Greensboro, NC
First steam-powered cotton mill in N.C. Operated ca.
N.c. Manumission Society
Antislavery organization formed by Quakers in central N.C. First met at Centre, July 1816.
North Carolina Railroad
Greensboro, NC
Opened interior of N.C. The ground-breaking took place nearby, July 11, 1851.
Oak Ridge Institute
Oak Ridge, NC
First building erected 1851-52.
Palmer Memorial Institute
Sedalia, NC
Preparatory school for blacks founded 1902 by Charlotte Hawkins Brown.
Piedmont Railroad
Greensboro, NC
Railroad line between Greensboro and Danville.
Plank Road
High Point, NC
A section of the Fayetteville-Salem plank road, a toll road 129 miles long, built 1849-1854, followed this route.
Springfield Friends Meeting
High Point, NC
Established in 1773 and organized as a Monthly Meeting, 1790.
T. Gilbert Pearson 1873-1943
Greensboro, NC
Ornithologist; teacher; internationally honored conservationist.
Wadsworth Church
Congregational. Founded 1870 by former slave Madison Lindsay.
Weitzel's Mill
Site of a skirmish between American forces under Col. O. H. Williams and British troops under Col. James Webster, Mar. 6, 1781, is...