The Church Walk

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The Church Walk

Thomasville, North Carolina 27360, United States

Created By: Thomasville Tourism Commission and Thomasville Public Library

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The .82 mile church walk passes several of the city's sites of former churches that were used as makeshift hospitals during the Civil War. This route also passes some historic buildings in the Randolph Street Historic District. This route does have some steps as you descent to the pedestrian underpass at the railroad tracks.


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The railroad depot is one of North Carolina's oldest passenger railroad depots.  The depot now serves as the Thomasville Visitors' Center.  Built circa 1870, the depot was restored between 1975 and 1977, and again recently. In 1981, the T... Read more
The Big Chair of Thomasville is quite a famous landmark.  It stands as a proud monument to the city's distinction as a leading furniture manufacturing center.  The reason for it all goes back to the early part of the 20th century.  Betwe... Read more
This land was donated by its former owner, attorney Willy Hooper, with the understanding that the City would improve the corner site in a way to provide a memorial to Hooper's longtime friend Will Harper. Go Here for More Information ...
Four murals around the Downtown area depict key aspects of life in Thomasville.  The first represents a street scene in Thomasville in the late 1920's and highligths a furniture store.
Originally used as the Thomasville Store Grocery and later converted to a theater. Go Here for More Information
This two-story brick building was designed with stepped parapet and horizontal, recessed panels located above the second floor windows.  The storefront is a modern replacement of the original.
This property originally contained the James Lambeth home place.  It became the Siler Funeral Home in 1957, and is currently Thomasville Funeral Home. Go Here for More Information ...
Formerly the site of the Charles Lambeth home place, the current building was constructed in 1959 to house the Thomasville Branch of the Davidson County Public Library.  It's now a Davidson County Courthouse.
This home was built by Col. Frank S. Lambeth in 1908.  In later years it was restored by David Hinkle and served as the family home of his son, William G. Hinkle. Go Here for More Information ...
Main Street M.E. Church (1863) and Community M.P. Church (1923) united in 1947 to become a larger community church, which its members voted to be called Memorial Methodist Church.  The first service was held in the sanctuary on April 15, 1... Read more
This home was built around 1880 by W.G. Hinkle, successful businessman and community leader. Go Here for More Information
Hill's Farm and Garden began in March, 1986 in the old HPT&D (High Point, Thomasville, and Denton) Railroad Freight Depot building. Go Here for More Information ...
The original church structure was erected on this site in 1911 under the leadership of the pastor, Rev. W.B. Mellwane.  The Sunday School Building was opened in May 1950 and the current sanctuary building was erected in 1969 to replace the... Read more
*Local Historic Landmark, National Register of Histroic Places* Art Deco architecture is exemplified in the modest but stylistic design of the Smith Clinic.  Constructed in 1939, it was for 35 years the office of local physician Dr. Willia... Read more
Seeing the need for church buidlings in the village, John W. Thomas, founder of Thomasville, gave the Baptist Church this lot.  The congregation initally worshiped in a frame building built in 1862.  A large brick sanctuary and Sunday Sch... Read more
*Local Historic Landmark* Thomasville mail service was provided at a variety of locations in town for 73 years before Thomasville's first Federal Building was built in 1926.  The Post Office served the community in that capacity until 1963... Read more
Across the street, near the railroad tracks.  This monument is located next to the railroad tracks where the Thomasville Rifles gathered on April 23, 1861 as they boarded a train destined for Raleigh where they would become Company B of th... Read more
Home of distinguished industrialist T. Austin Finch.  He was recognized across the nation as one of the South's leading furniture manufacturers and one of Thomasville's most prominent citizens and civic leaders.  He was President of Thoma... Read more
The only native of Thomasville to serve in the U.S. Congress, J.W. Lambeth was first a state senator from 1921-1923, then elected to Congress in 1930 where he served until he retired in 1939.  He attended Trinity College (now Duke Universi... Read more
At a town election in 1901, the issuance of $10,000 in bonds to build a graded school as passed.  The gymnasium is the only part of the original building that remains. Go Here for More Information ...
Thomasville Furniture began as Thomasville Chair Company in late 1904.  Operations began in early 1905 and by May of that year they were producing 500 to 1,000 chairs per day.  As tiimes changed, they added breakfast room suites, then din... Read more
In response to a public outcry after a 7-year-old schoolboy was killed in 1904 while walking through a grade crossing, Southern Railway constructed a pedestrian underpass in the early 1900's to provide safe access of children residing on th... Read more
Thomasville was quick to join the State of North Carolina when it began its Civil War Trails Program in 2004.  Thomasville has three authenticated sites with markers at the railroad depot/Visitor's Center, City Cemetery, and near the pedes... Read more
Completed in 1968, the area was dedicated November 11, 1969 as Nona Ingram Welborn Memorial Park.  Mrs. Welborn worked hard to beautify the Southern Railway right-of-way through town and oversaw the construction and for Thomasville's 150th... Read more

 

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