featuring a presentation by Mary Tribble (WFU ’82, MA ’19), author of Pious Ambitions: Sally Merriam Wait’s Mission South, 1813-1831. The annual meeting of the Wake […]
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Virtual Tours
Experience the history of the original campus and Calvin Jones House through our virtual tours.
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Christmas at the Calvin Jones House
With its new interior restoration, the Calvin Jones House graciously welcomed the approximately 1,500 visitors who took a step back in time on the cold, rainy […]
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Recreating the Olden Days of the Calvin Jones House
The historic Calvin Jones House is getting a complete interior overhaul in preparation for the 2014 Christmas Historic Home Tour, and this new floorcloth is certain […]
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Famous Signatures
Digital scanning is better than magic for museum archivists wishing to make good use of fragile, historic documents. Among our prized possesions are papers bearing the […]
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Calvin Jones
Doctor Calvin Jones, a noted physician and former mayor of Raleigh who moved from Massachusetts in 1795, was an original founder of the North Carolina Medical […]
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