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Alexander B. Andrews 1841-1915
Raleigh, NC
Railroad builder and financier.
Andrew Johnson 1808-1875
Raleigh, NC
The small kitchen in which the seventeenth President of the United States was born stands 64 yards west.
Anna J. Cooper 1858-1964
Raleigh, NC
Educator, orator, & early black feminist.
Artificial Limbs
Raleigh, NC
North Carolina was first state to provide limbs to Confederate amputees.
Camp Bryan Grimes
Raleigh, NC
Spanish-American War camp, 95 acres, named for the Confederate general, was located here.
Central Prison
Raleigh, NC
State prison site since 1869.
Edward A. Johnson 1860-1944
Raleigh, NC
Politician, businessman, philanthropist, author, and educator.
Fall Of Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
Commissioners of North Carolina's capital met officers of Sherman's army near this spot, on April 13, 1865, and surrendered the city.
Fannie E. S. Heck 1862-1915
Raleigh, NC
Social activist; writer.
First N.c. State Fair
Raleigh, NC
Sponsored by the State Agricultural Society, it opened 2 blocks South, October 18, 1853.
First Presbyterian Church
Raleigh, NC
Organized 1816. Site of Constitutional Convention of 1835.
General Grant
Raleigh, NC
In the Governor's Palace April 24-27, 1865, Grant conferred with Sherman and approved new terms for surrender of...
Haywood Hall
Raleigh, NC
Built 1800-1801 by John Haywood, N.C. treasurer, 1787-1827.
J. Melville Broughton 1888-1949
Raleigh, NC
Governor, 1941-45; U.S. Senator, 1948-49.
James H. Harris 1832-1891
Raleigh, NC
Black legislator & orator; member 1868 convention; a founder of Republican Party & Union League in N.C. Home was 1 block W.
James H. Young 1860-1921
Raleigh, NC
Colonel of black N.C. regiment in war with Spain; edited Raleigh Gazette; legislator.
JOHN CHAVIS ca. 1762-1838
Raleigh, NC
African American teacher, preacher, & Revolutionary War veteran.
John L. Taylor 1769-1829
Raleigh, NC
First Chief Justice of N.C. Supreme Court, 1819-1829; author of numerous legal works.
John S. Ravenscroft
Raleigh, NC
First Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of N.C., 1823-1830.
L. O'b. Branch
Raleigh, NC
Confederate brigadier general; president of Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, 1852-55; member of Congress, 1855-61.
Leonard Medical School
Raleigh, NC
Nation's first four-year medical school.
Leonidas L. Polk 1837-1892
Raleigh, NC
President of National Farmers' Alliance, 1889-1892; began Progressive Farmer, 1886; a founder of N.C.S.U. and Meredith College.
Medical Society Of North Carolina
Raleigh, NC
Successor to earlier group founded in 1799.
N.c. Division Of Archives And History
Raleigh, NC
Organized as the N.C. Historical Commission in 1903; R. D. W. Connor, first secretary.
N.c. Pharmaceutical Association
Raleigh, NC
Organized in 1880 at a meeting held in the Senate Chamber.
N.c. State Fair, 1873-1925 / State Exposition Of 1884 / Camp Polk, 1918
Raleigh, NC
(Text of marker follows) The area across Hillsborough Street from this site, today combining commercial and residential use, has a...
North Carolina Bar Association
Raleigh, NC
Organized here, Feb. 10, 1899, in room then used by N.C. Supreme Court.
North Carolina Dental Society
Raleigh, NC
Organized in 1856 in the Guion Hotel, which stood here.
North Carolina State Library
Raleigh, NC
Established 1812 under Wm.
Old Breastworks
Raleigh, NC
Breastworks were thrown up around Raleigh, 1863, by order of Governor Vance, for protection against Federal raids.
Peace College
Raleigh, NC
Founded by Presbyterian elder Wm.
R. Stanhope Pullen 1822-1895
Raleigh, NC
Businessman. Benefactor of NCSU, UNC-G, and Peace College.
Saint Mary's
Raleigh, NC
Episcopal school for girls.
Shaw University
Raleigh, NC
Founded 1865 by Baptist missionary Henry Martin Tupper.
St. Agnes
Raleigh, NC
Hospital. First nursing school in N.C. for African Americans, 1896-1961.
St. Augustine's College
Raleigh, NC
Founded in 1867 by the Episcopal Church as a normal school for freedmen.
State Bank Building
Raleigh, NC
First State Bank, est. 1814; housed Christ Church rectory, 1873- 1951.
State Capitol
Raleigh, NC
Built 1833-40. Ithiel Towne, A. J. Davis and David Paton, architects.
The Governor Morehead School
Raleigh, NC
Established for visually impaired students in 1845 under leadership of John Motley Morehead.
The Governor Morehead School
Raleigh, NC
Established for visually impaired students in 1845 under leadership of John Motley Morehead.
The Governor Morehead School
Raleigh, NC
Opened in 1869, it was first state-supported school in U.S. for African American blind & deaf students.
W. N. H. Smith
Raleigh, NC
N.C. Chief Justice, 1878-1889; state legislator; U.S. & Confederate Congressman.
Wake Forest College Birthplace
Wake Forest, NC
This simple provincial house was built before 1820.
Walter Hines Page 1855-1918
Cary, NC
Journalist, editor, and publisher.
William Boylan
Raleigh, NC
President of Raleigh and Gaston Railroad; president of the State Bank; publisher of the Raleigh "Minerva" 1803-1810.
William Polk 1758-1834
Raleigh, NC
Revolutionary War officer; first president of State Bank, 1811-19.
William W. Holden 1818-1892
Raleigh, NC
Editor. Appointed provisional governor, 1865.
Willis Smith
Raleigh, NC
United States Senator, 1950-53, speaker N.C. House of Representatives, president American Bar Assn.