North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-45
Oxford Female College. Opened 1851 by Baptists, operated by individuals after 1857. Franklin P. Hobgood, president, 1880-1924. School closed 1925. Campus was 2 blocks S.
US 158 (Williamsboro Street) at Lanier Street in, Oxford, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-27
Horner School. Academy of boys est. 1851 by James Horner, here. Was later military school. After 1914 fire it moved to Charlotte.
US 158 (Williamsboro Street) at Military Street in, Oxford, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-94
Henry P. Cheatham 1857 1935. Born into slavery. U.S. Congressman, 1889-1893. Superintendent of Colored Orphanage of N.C., 1907-1935. Grave 8/10 mi. N.E.
NC 96 (MLK Jr Ave) at E Industry Drive, Oxford, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-117
'Tiny' Broadwick 1893 1978. Aviation pioneer & first woman to parachute from an airplane, 1913. Demonstrated uses of parachutes to Army, 1914. Grave 200 yds. N.
US 158 Business (Old Oxford Road) west of Henderson, NC, Oxford, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-56
Nath'l Rochester 1752 1831. Officer in Revolution. Member, N.C. Provincial Congress & legislature. Founded Rochester, N.Y., 1811. Home was nearby.
US 158 east of, Oxford, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-7
Oxford Orphanage. Opened by Masons, 1873, with John H. Mills first head, in plant of St. Johns College, which they had operated, 1858-1861.
US 15 (College St.) at Oxford Orphanage Dr. in, Oxford, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-73
Harris Meeting House. Founded by Methodists prior to 1778. It was the mother church in this area. Disbanded in 1828. Stood 1 mi. N.
US 158 at E Tom Parham Road, Oxford, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-83
Central Orphanage Of North Carolina. Founded 1883. Pioneer Negro child-caring institution, serving on state-wide basis.
Raleigh St, Oxford, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-119
Mary Potter Academy. Founded by G. C. Shaw 1889 to educate African Americans. Named for a Presbyterian benefactor. Later a public school. Operated one block E.
US 158 Business (College Street) at East McClanahan Street in, Oxford, NC, United States