Hugh Cale 1835-1910
Inscription
Sponsored the 1891 bill to
establish present-day
Elizabeth City State
University; legislator,
1876-80, 1885, 1891. His
grave is 6/10 mile west.
Location
AddressNC 34 (South Road Street) at Cale Street in Elizabeth City
CityElizabeth City
CountyPasquotank
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.291849, -76.221557
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.
Elizabeth City State University
Elizabeth City, NC
Founded in 1891 as Negro normal school.
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.