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Historic house in North Carolina, United States
Mitchell House Museum
Established1982
LocationMills Home, Thomasville, NC, USA
Coordinates35°52′40″N 80°05′38″W / 35.877802°N 80.093969°W / 35.877802; -80.093969
TypeHistorical museum
CuratorLib Johnson
WebsiteBaptist Children's Homes of North Carolina, Mitchell House Museum
Mitchell House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location411 Biggs Ave., Thomasville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°52′39″N 80°5′38″W / 35.87750°N 80.09389°W / 35.87750; -80.09389
ArchitectPeace, L.E.
NRHP reference No.00001121
Added to NRHPSeptember 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.

History

The Mitchell House, named for Rev. John Mitchell, was the first cottage on the Mills Home Campus, completed in 1885 to house girls at the orphanage.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

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

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Blackwell, Michael C. A Place for Miracles: Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina. p. 26-27 ISBN 1-887905-50-2
  3. Elizabeth Dull (n.d.). "Mitchell House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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