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The History of High Point NC

Among the first Europeans to settle Guilford County were the Quakers and German immigrants. At the time, High Point was situaterd at the highest point of the 1856 North Carolina Railroad between Charlotte and Goldsboro where it intersected the 1852 Great Western Plank Road. This enabled the delivery of raw materials like cotton and lumber and processed goods in and out of the city, prompting early growth. High Point was ultimately incorporated in 1859. Prior to becoming a major manufacturing center, the most significant industries were tobacco, woodworking and textiles. The first of many High Point furniture factories was opened in 1889.

In addition to manufacturing, High Point’s growth is also attributed to religious freedom. In the mid-eighteenth century High Point served as a refuge for Pennsylvania Quakers who headed to the region in search of affordable land, moderate climate, and an opportunity to live the Quaker principles. Some of their beliefs were considered controversial in the late eighteenth century, such as values of community and equality. These core convictions led to the development of specialized trades and early educational systems that were the foundations for the future growth of the region.

Since early settlement, hotels and merchant-houses offered fashionable façades to visitors and shoppers. Later, wealthy industrialists had significant houses and churches erected in popular styles that illustrated the growing town's sense of style. Finally, civic projects such as schools and public works were built in increasingly popular and modern designs in a way that evoked High Point's progressive spirit and quickening pace. By the middle of the twentieth century, High Point had assembled an impressive collection of architecture representing nearly every popular style since the city was founded, some designed by nationally recognized architects and planners.

Within the twenty-first century, education began to have an influence on the city’s evolution. Established in 1924, High Point University is a liberal arts institution with approximately 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students from around the county and the world populating the campuses in High Point and Winston-Salem. U.S. News and World Report has ranked it 12th among comprehensive universities in the South and in the top 100 nationally. The university offers 45 undergraduate majors and five graduate-degree programs. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a emember of the NCAA, Division 1 and the Big South Conference.