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Chartered 1887. Opened 1889 as a land grant college. Since 1931 campus of Consolidated University.

Educator and first president of what is now UNC-Greensboro, 1891-1906. Boyhood home is 200 yds. W.

African American teacher, preacher, & Revolutionary War veteran. Taught free black & prominent white students in school nearby.

Founded by Presbyterian elder Wm. Peace 1857 as school for women; opened 1872. Main building used as Confederate hospital & by Freedmen's Bureau.

Educator & civil rights activist. Chair, Education Dept., N.C. College for Negroes, 1948-1963. Her grave is nearby.

Founded by G. C. Shaw 1889 to educate African Americans. Named for a Presbyterian benefactor. Later a public school. Operated one block E.

Opened in 1980 as state-supported, residential high school. Campus was site of Watts Hospital (1909-1976), built by Geo. Washington Watts.

Merchant. Left native Scotland, 1774. Partner in Transylvania Company; UNC trustee. Home 1/2 mi. E.; grave 2 blks. N.

Advocate of improved schools, roads, canals. Jurist, teacher, legislator. Born 7/10 mi. S.

Historian, professor, & founder of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC. Born 1/2 block W.