Topics Related to Education

Bennett College (J-55)

Methodist. Begun 1874; reorganized as woman's college, 1926. Named for Lyman Bennett of Troy, N.Y. Campus 2 bl. S.

Wake Forest University (J-50)

Founded 1834 in Wake County by N.C. Baptist Convention. Moved to Winston-Salem in 1956.

High Point University (J-42)

Founded by Methodist Church in 1924 with aid from City of High Point. University since 1991.

Guilford College (J-35)

A coeducational college operated by the Society of Friends. Chartered as New Garden Boarding School in 1834. Opened in 1837.

Edgeworth Female Seminary (J-34)

Established by John M. Morehead, operated, 1840-1862, 1868-1871. Building, burned in 1872, stood at this site.

Winston-Salem State University (J-31)

Established for Negroes as Slater Industrial Academy, 1892. State supported since 1895; University since 1969.

N.C. A&T University (J-29)

Chartered in 1891 as a land grant college for blacks. Since 1972 a campus of The University of North Carolina.

Greensboro College (J-11)

First college chartered for women in North Carolina, 1838. Founded by Methodist Church.

University of N.C. at Greensboro (J-10)

Est. in 1891 as a normal school; became Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, 1932. Coeducational since 1963.

Calvin H. Wiley 1819-1887 (J-5)

First Superintendent of N.C. Common Schools, 1853-1865. Author, editor. Born 1 1/2 miles northeast.