- Mitchell House (Thomasville, North Carolina)
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Coordinates: 35°52′40″N 80°05′38″W / 35.877802°N 80.093969°W
Mitchell House Museum 
Established 1982 Location Mills Home, Thomasville, NC, USA Type Historical museum Curator Lib Johnson Website Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina, Mitchell House Museum Mitchell House
Location: 411 Biggs Ave., Thomasville, North Carolina Coordinates: 35°52′39″N 80°5′38″W / 35.8775°N 80.09389°W Architect: Peace, L.E. Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 00001121
[1]Added to NRHP: September 20, 2000 The Mitchell House Museum was founded in 1982 as a project of the Mills Home Alumni Association. The museum is located in Thomasville, NC on the Mills Home Campus, the original campus of the Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina. It occupies the oldest building on the Mills Home Campus.
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History
The Mitchell House, named for Rev. John Mitchell,[2] was the first cottage on the Mills Home Campus, completed in 1885 to house girls at the orphanage.
Exhibits
Exhibits at the Mitchell Museum are drawn from a number of sources, including antique equipment, furniture, and memorabilia formerly used in other Mills Home cottages and workshops, as well as additional alumni contributions.
Smaller rooms on either side of the two large central rooms were originally bedrooms for the orphans and matrons, the children's rooms sleeping 8-10 young girls in each. One of these rooms is furnished as it might have been in the 1930s. One contains antique medical and dental equipment rescued from the old infirmary. One room is devoted to the Museum's collection of photographs, scrapbooks, and yearbooks.
Hours and Admission
The Mitchell House Museum is open by appointment throughout most of the year. During Alumni Homecoming, held annually on the weekend of the first Sunday of August, the Museum is open Saturday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm and Sunday, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Admission is free.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Blackwell, Michael C. A Place for Miracles: Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina. p. 26-27 ISBN 1887905502
External links
- Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina
- Mills Home Alumni
- NC ECHO - Museum information and photos
Municipalities and communities of Davidson County, North Carolina Cities High Point‡ | Lexington | Thomasville‡
Towns CDP Unincorporated
communitiesArcadia | Bethesda | Churchland | Linwood | Montclair | Reeds | Silver Valley | Southmont | Tyro | Yadkin College
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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