Baptist. Est. as Wingate School in 1896; a junior college, 1923; became a senior college in 1977. University since 1995. Campus one block north.
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Secretary of Agriculture and later of the Treasury under Wilson. College president and author. His birthplace stood 60 yards north.
Led founding of Stonewall Jackson Training School; state senator; est. The Daily Standard in 1890. Home was 1 block W.
Textile manufacturer, State Senator, 1905-07. Friend of education. His home is 1 block W.
State juvenile facility. Est. in 1909 to provide boys with educational and vocational training. Campus is 200 yds. W.
First president of N.C. Farmers' Alliance, 1887. Was N.C. senator & U.S. congressman. Advocate of agricultural education. Home is 1 block S.E.
Lieutenant General, C.S.A.; Supt. N.C. Military Institute in Charlotte; Davidson College professor; Editor, "The Land We Love." Grave is here.
Presbyterian preacher and educator. The site of his famous academy, Zion Parnassus (about 1794 to 1798) is 3/4 of a mile north.
Est. 1837 as manual labor school by Presbyterians; now liberal arts college. Was integrated in 1962, coeducational since 1972.
State home & school for African American boys, 1925-77. Agricultural, vocational, and academic skills taught 3 mi. W.