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Monument Name

Yadkin College, High Point

Type

Marker

Subjects

Educational Institutions

Religious Institutions

City

High Point

County

Guilford

Description

The Yadkin College marker is a simple rectangular bronze tablet attached to a tall narrow rough cut block of granite about four-feet high.

Images (by Devry Becker Jones, courtesy of HMdb.org): View of Jamestown Female College and Yadkin College markers

Inscription

1856 1924 / 1881 / A METHODIST PROTESTANT INSTITUTION. AWARDED / DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS. CONDUCTED UNTIL SAID / CHURCH OPENED HIGH POINT COLLEGE. / BUILDERS / FIRST CAMPUS AND BUILDING DONATED BY HON. HENRY WALSER, / FOUNDER, 1956; FURNISHING BY D.L. MICHAEL. SECOND CAMPUS / OBTAINED FROM LUCY (WALSER) OAKES; ARCHITECT, H. BENTLEY / (WALSER) OWEN; BUILDING BEGUN 1881, COMPLETED UNDER / PRESIDENCY GEORGE W. HOLMES, EDUCATOR AND GOSPEL MINISTER. / BOARD CHAIRMEN: HENRY WALSER AND GAITHER WALSER.

PRESIDENTS / [Left Column] J.A. OAKES, ACTING, 1856-1861 / G.W. HEGE 1856-1861 / H.T. PHILLIPS 1867-1871 / J.C.DEANS 1871-1873 / S. SIMPSON, PH. D. 1873-1783 / [Right Column] R.H. WILLIS 1883-1885 / W.A. ROGERS 1885-1887 / A.R. MORGAN 1887-1889 / G.W. HOLMES 1890-1899 / W.T. TOTTEN 1899-1924

EXECUTIVES / F.T. WALSER, R.T. PICKENS BEGAN CO-ED 1878, A. BAKER, Z.V. WALSER / G.W. GOOCH, SALLY (WALSER) OAKES WRIGHT MUSIC, E.P. MENDHALL, / N.C. STOUT, LELIA BYERLY AND J. FELIX TOTEN

BY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: EXECUTIVE MARKER COMMITTEE / PRES. C.E. FURLINES, D.D., LL.D., LIT.D., ’95 SUPT. S.W. TAYLOR, D.D., ’02 / ?I?N H.B. (WALSER) PHILLIPS, PH.D., LT., D., ’98 HON. Z.I. WALSER, LIT.B., ’90 / PROF. H.R. TOTEN, PH.D. ’09 REV. G.L. CURRY, B.D., 04 / MRS. LUCY (WALSER) OWEN ENGLISH ’16 REV. O.B. MICHAEL, S.T.D., ’15 / PRESIDENT 1940 HISTORIAN

Custodian

High Point University

Dedication Date

June 24, 1941

Decade

1940s

Geographic Coordinates

35.971550 , -79.993660 View in Geobrowse

Supporting Sources

McCaslin, Richard B., 2006. “Yadkin College,” NCPedia.org, (accessed January 21, 2022) Link

“Events to Be Held at Yadkin College,” Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), May 13, 1941

“Old Yadkin Alumni Association Meets,” Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), June 1, 1940

“Yadkin College Homecoming Turns from Present to Past,” Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), June 27, 1941

“Yadkin College Planning Anniversary Celebration,” Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), June 19, 1941

“Yadkin College,” The Historical Marker Database, HMdb.org, (accessed January 21, 2022) Link

Public Site

Yes

Materials & Techniques

Bronze, granite

Sponsors

Yadkin College Alumni Association

Subject Notes

Yadkin College was one of three institutions founded by the Methodist Church in North Carolina in the last half of the 19th century and first quarter of the 20th century. The others being Jamestown Female College (Academy) in 1858 and High Point College (University) in 1924. Yadkin College, located in Davidson County, closed in 1924 when High Point College opened. The inscription is dated 1940 which is the year the alumni association voted to place this marker and one almost identical at the actual Yadkin College site in Davidson County, NC. Both were placed and dedicated in 1941. The marker at the Yadkin College site was dedicated on June 26, 1941.

Location

The marker is located on Extraordinary Way just west of Montlieu Avenue, on the right when traveling west. It is on the campus of High Point University, High Point, NC.

Landscape

The memorial stands on the lawn, among scattered trees, outside of Roberts Hall. A few feet from this marker stands one to Jamestown Female College.