Topics Related to Wake County

Artificial Limbs (H-112)

North Carolina was first state to provide limbs to Confederate amputees. Factory, which operated 1866-67, was 1/4 mi. NE.

Leonard Medical School (H-111)

Nation's first four-year medical school. Trained 400 African American physicians. Operated here from 1882 to 1918.

Fannie E. S. Heck 1862-1915 (H-110)

Social activist; writer. Led the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union after 1892. A benefactor of present Meredith College. Lived in this house.

Freedmen's Convention (H-109)

Delegates resolved to seek civil rights for the state's freedpeople. Met here, St. Paul A.M.E. in 865 and 1866.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (H-107)

Civil rights organization, an outgrowth of sit-in movement, had origins in conference at Shaw University, Apr. 15-17, 1960.

North Carolina Bar Association (H-106)

Organized here, Feb. 10, 1899, in room then used by N.C. Supreme Court. Platt Walker of Charlotte, group's first president.

C. C. Crittenden 1902-1969 (H-105)

Historian, archivist, & editor. Promoted "History for all the people" as head of N.C.'s state historical agency, 1935-1968. Boyhood home was here.

William Polk 1758-1834 (H-104)

Revolutionary War officer; first president of State Bank, 1811-19. In 1825 hosted Lafayette in house that stood here.

Charles N. Hunter 1852-1931 (H-103)

Black teacher, writer, & reformer. Principal, Berry O'Kelly School; a founder, N.C. Industrial Assoc. Lived 1 block S.

Clarence Poe 1881-1964 (H-101)

Editor and publisher of the Progressive Farmer, 1903-1954. Social and agricultural reformer. Lived 400 yards S.E.