Elizabeth City State University
Inscription
Founded in 1891 as Negro
normal school. Four-year
college after 1939. Became a
university in 1969.
Location
AddressHerrington Road in Elizabeth City
CityElizabeth City
CountyPasquotank
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.282579, -76.217587
Sources
More markers in Pasquotank
First Assembly
In 1665 the Albemarle County Assembly, the initial lawmaking body in Carolina, met in this area.
Culpeper's Rebellion
Elizabeth City, NC
Culpeper and Durant led a revolt against British trade laws, seized the government 1677, 2 mi. SE.
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Elizabeth City, NC
Governor, 1933-1937, friend of education, member of General Assembly, solicitor.
Stephen B. Weeks
Historian, bibliographer, collector of North Carolina books and manuscripts, professor at Trinity College, 1891-93.
Mount Lebanon Church
Elizabeth City, NC
A.M.E. Zion. Organized about 1850 as mission to serve black Methodists.