Topics Related to Education

Setzer School (L-70)

Restored one-room log school of 1840's. Now located at the Knox Junior High School, 1/4 mile east.

Mont Amoena Seminary (L-66)

Lutheran school for girls, 1859-1927. The name is Latin for "Mt. Pleasant." Site is one block south.

Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute (L-65)

Lutheran junior college for men, 1903-33, on site of North Carolina College, 1853-1902. Two blocks north.

Catawba College (L-59)

Coeducational, liberal arts. Affiliated with Evangelical & Reformed Church. Opened at Newton, 1851. Moved here, 1925, and enlarged.

Wingate University (L-58)

Baptist. Est. as Wingate School in 1896; a junior college, 1923; became a senior college in 1977. University since 1995. Campus one block north.

David F. Houston (L-54)

Secretary of Agriculture and later of the Treasury under Wilson. College president and author. His birthplace stood 60 yards north.

James P. Cook (L-52)

Led founding of Stonewall Jackson Training School; state senator; est. The Daily Standard in 1890. Home was 1 block W.

W. R. Odell (L-50)

Textile manufacturer, State Senator, 1905-07. Friend of education. His home is 1 block W.

Stonewall Jackson Training School (L-49)

State juvenile facility. Est. in 1909 to provide boys with educational and vocational training. Campus is 200 yds. W.

S. B. Alexander (L-42)

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.