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Built near here by James Barnett in 1813. Later powered largest continuously operating textile complex in the northern piedmont.
Preparatory school for blacks founded 1902 by Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Named for Alice Freeman Palmer. Closed in 1971. Now state historic site.
Banker. Economic adviser to post-World War II Europe. A founder of the Research Triangle Park. Home was 50 yds. W.
Railroad line between Greensboro and Danville. Constructed, 1862-1864, for the Confederacy. Its terminus was nearby.
Established in 1912 by Grand Lodge of Masons and Order of Eastern Star for their aged.
Est. 1963; opened 1965. First state-supported school for performing arts in U.S. A campus of The University of North Carolina since 1971.
Industrial experiment nearby in 1892 led to discovery of process for its manufacture. First produced commercially by James T. Morehead.
The first permanent public graded school in N.C. opened in 1875 in a building which stood on this site.
World War II fighter pilot. N.C.'s leading ace. Killed in action. Home 1 block east.
Launched the national drive for integrated lunch counters, Feb. 1, 1960, in Woolworth store 2 blocks south.