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Est. for blacks in 1895 through philanthropy of Mrs. Joseph K. Brick; became junior college in 1926. Closed, 1933. Buildings stood here.

Methodist Protestant minister. President of the General Conference, 1866. Head of Halifax Male Academy & Elba Female Seminary. Grave here.

Methodist. Liberal arts, senior co-educational college. Chartered Oct., 1956; opened 1960.

U.S. minister to Liberia, 1885-1886; black clergyman. Founder & principal of Albion Academy which stood two blocks east.

Stood here. Chartered 1787, named Warrenton High School, 1898. Since 1923 a public school.

Chartered in 1883 as Central Institute and in 1887 as Littleton Female College. Burned 1919. Was located here.

Opened in 1857 on the site of the Franklin Academy, chartered 1787. Now a Methodist junior college, coeducational.

A militia officer during the Revolution; governor, 1798-99; envoy to France; “father” of University of N.C. Lived in this house.

Blockade runner. Ran aground and sank 400 yds. E., June 1862. Its salvage 1962 led state to open an underwater archaeology office.

Educator. President of what is now N.C. A. & T. University, 1896-1925. His grave is 5 blocks N.