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==History== [[Image:EckerHouseHighPoint.jpg|right|thumb|Queen Anne Ecker House of 1908 in High Point]] High Point was at the highest point of the 1856 [[North Carolina Railroad]] between [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]] and [[Goldsboro, North Carolina|Goldsboro]], where it intersected the [[1852 Great Western Plank Road]]. Its central location and transportation allowed for the delivery of raw materials like cotton and lumber as well as import and export of processed goods, contributing to its early growth. High Point was settled by Europeans, including English [[Religious Society of Friends|Quakers]] and [[Germany|German]] immigrants, before 1750, but was not [[Municipal incorporation|incorporated]] until 1859. Before it became a major manufacturing center, the most important industries were tobacco, woodworking and textiles. The High Point furniture factory opened in 1889.<ref>[http://www.highpointchamber.org/hppc/hphistory.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928143322/http://www.highpointchamber.org/hppc/hphistory.html|date=September 28, 2007}}</ref> [[High Point University|High Point College]] was founded in 1924 as a private Methodist-affiliated institution. The college later became a liberal arts university, now with approximately 4,400 undergraduate and graduate students from 51 countries and 46 states.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/high-point-university-2933/rankings|title = High Point University|access-date = October 5, 2014|archive-date = October 6, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070407/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/high-point-university-2933/rankings|url-status = dead}}</ref> ===Historic places=== Sites on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20110107.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2011-01-07 |work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/27/10 through 12/30/10 |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref name="nps1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20130118.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2013-01-18 |work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/07/13 through 1/11/13 |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref name="nps2">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20120907.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2012-09-07|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/27/12 through 8/31/12|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref name="nps3">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20140530.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2014-05-30|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref> {{div col|content= *[[John H. Adams House]] *[[High Point Central High School]] *[[Deep River Friends Meeting House and Cemetery]] *[[Enterprise Building (High Point, North Carolina)|Enterprise Building]] *[[First Baptist Church (High Point, North Carolina)|First Baptist Church]] *[[Dr. C. S. Grayson House]] *[[Guilford County Office and Court Building]] *[[John Haley House]] *[[Hardee Apartments]] *[[Highland Cotton Mills Village Historic District]] *[[Allen Jay School Rock Gymnasium]] *[[Kilby Hotel]] *[[O. Arthur Kirkman House and Outbuildings]] *[[Model Farm (High Point, North Carolina)|Model Farm]] *[[Eli Moore House]] *[[Oakwood Historic District (High Point, North Carolina)|Oakwood Historic District]] *[[William Penn High School (North Carolina)|William Penn High School]] *[[Sherrod Park]] *[[J. C. Siceloff House]] *[[Spring Hill Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery]] *[[Spurgeon House]] *[[A. E. Taplin Apartment Building]] *[[Market Square (High Point, North Carolina)|Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing Company Complex]] *[[Uptown Suburbs Historic District]] *[[Washington Street Historic District (High Point, North Carolina)|Washington Street Historic District]] *[[West High Street Historic District (High Point, North Carolina)|West High Street Historic District]] *[[Lucy and J. Vassie Wilson House]] }}
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