Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina Historic District

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (also known as North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina A&T, N.C. A&T, or simply A&T) is a public, historically black, land-grant research university in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina System. Founded by the North Carolina General Assembly on March 9, 1891, as the Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race, it was the second college established under the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1890, as well as the first for people of color in the State of North Carolina. Initially, the college offered instruction in agriculture, English, horticulture and mathematics. In 1967, the college was designated a Regional University by the North Carolina General Assembly and renamed North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.With an enrollment of over 13,000 students, North Carolina A&T is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in the United States, a position it has held since 2014. The university's College of Engineering graduates more black engineers than any other campus in the United States; its College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences produces more African American agriculture graduates than any campus in the country. The university is also a leading producer of African-American kinesiology undergraduates, landscape architects, nurses, teachers, and journalism/mass communication graduates. The university offers 54 undergraduate, 29 master's, and 9 doctoral degree programs through its eight colleges, one school, and one joint school; the university awards more than 2,600 degrees annually and has an alumni base of around 65,000. The main campus encompasses over 600 acres (240 hectares) in area, as well as a 492-acre (199 ha) working farm, and two research parks totaling a combined 150 acres (60 ha). It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The university ranks third in sponsored funding among University of North Carolina System institutions. As of 2021, the university conducts over $78 million in academic and scientific research annually, and operates 20 research centers and institutes on campus. The university's designation as a land grant institution reflects its broad range of research with ongoing projects funded by agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.The university's students, alumni, and sports teams are known as "Aggies". The university's varsity athletic teams are members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in all sports with the exception of women's bowling and football. As members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), from 1970 to 2021, the football program earned 11 conference championships, made 5 NCAA FCS playoff appearances, and won the Celebration Bowl 4 times from 2015 to 2019. The men's basketball program has reached the NCAA Tournament 10 times, while the women's basketball team has made the tournament 5 times, with their most recent appearance being in 2021. The Aggies' men's and women's track and field teams, placed third and fourth respectively, at the 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Members of the team went on to represent the United States at the 2020 Olympics, where they captured 3 medals, 2 of them being gold.

World War Memorial Stadium, more commonly known as War Memorial Stadium, is a baseball park in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is situated on the northeast corner of Lindsay Street and Yanceyville Avenue, northeast of the downtown area and near the campus of North Carolina A&T University. It is currently the home of the NC A&T baseball team of the NCAA Division I Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). It was the home of various local minor league baseball clubs off-and-on from 1930 through 2004. It also continues to be used for other amateur baseball events. It was also the home of A&T football until Aggie Stadium was opened in 1981.

The Willie A. & Carrol C. Deese Tower, simply referred to as Deese Tower, is a free standing campanile located on the campus of North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. The 88 feet (27 m) tall tower was a gift to the university from alumni Willie A. Deese and Carrol Chalmers Deese.

Sigmund Sternberger House is a historic home located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Harry Barton and built in 1926. It is a two-story villa in the Renaissance Revival style. It is constructed of deep red bricks, green ceramic tiles, and sculpted gray limestone. The house features arcades and Venetian-arched porches. Also on the property are two contributing outbuildings and a contributing brick retaining wall. It has served at the home of the Sternberger Artists' Center since 1964.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It is located in the Summit Avenue Historic District.

Immanuel Lutheran College was an educational institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America whose main purpose was to train Black men to be pastors and both men and women to be teachers. It was founded in Concord, North Carolina, in 1903 and relocated to Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1905. The college was closed in 1961 when the Synodical Conference decided that the training of Blacks should be integrated into the educational institutions of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), the largest member of the conference. The former campus was purchased by North Carolina A&T State University.

Bennett College is a private historically black liberal arts college for women in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was founded in 1873 as a normal school to educate freedmen and train both men and women as teachers. Originally coed, in 1926 it became a four-year women's college. It is one of two historically black colleges that enroll only women, the other being Spelman College.In 1956, Willa Beatrice Player was installed at Bennett College, becoming the first African-American woman president of an accredited, four-year liberal arts college. She encouraged her students to be activists in the issues of the day. Beginning in 1960, Bennett students took part in the ultimately successful campaign in Greensboro to integrate white lunch counters at local variety stores. The college expanded its academic offerings and classes related to women's leadership. In December 2018, the college's regional accrediting body, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, announced that it intended to revoke Bennett College's accreditation. The college had been on probation for two years due to its considerable financial challenges. The college launched an emergency funding campaign, Change and Progress for Bennett, to raise at least $5 million. By February 2019, the campaign raised $8.2 million. That same month, SACS withdrew accreditation from the college despite fundraising efforts; however, Bennett College filed a lawsuit against the accreditor and the court ordered the accreditation to remain in place pending the legal challenge.On June 27, 2019, Bennett announced that Suzanne Walsh would be its new president.

Summit Avenue Historic District, also known as the Dunleath Historic District and formally as the Charles B. Aycock Historic District, is a national historic district located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 226 contributing buildings in a middle- and upper-class residential section of Greensboro. The houses were largely built between the 1890s and 1930s and include notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, American Foursquare, and Bungalow / American Craftsman-style architecture. The Sigmund Sternberger House (1926) is listed separately. Other notable buildings include the John C. Clapp House (c. 1900-1905), Robert L. Potts House (c. 1900-1905), William B. Vaught House (c. 1906), Edgar B. Jennette House (c. 1925-1930), and the Charles B. Aycock School (1922) designed by Starrett & van Vleck.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

The Ellis F. Corbett Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center, usually called simply the Corbett Sports Center and popularly referred to as the "Dawg Pound", is a multi-purpose arena in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, on the campus of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. The complex is home to multiple North Carolina A&T Aggies athletic teams, including the men's and women's basketball teams as well as the women's volleyball and swimming teams. The complex, opened in 1978, is named after Ellis F. Corbett, a 1931 graduate of A&T. Affectionately known as "Mr.A&T", Corbett was, for many years, the director of public relations and executive secretary of the national alumni association.

Lyndon Street Townhouses are four historic rowhouses located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, US. They were built in about 1905, and are two-story, three-bay, brick structures with Colonial Revival and Queen Anne style design elements. Each house has a polygonal bay window at the second story. The houses are united by a porch spanning their full width, supported by seven Doric order columns raised on tall brick piers.The row was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Truist Stadium, formerly Aggie Stadium, is a 21,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is located at the north end of the North Carolina A&T State University campus. W. Edward Jenkins, a North Carolina A&T alumnus and architect, designed the stadium. Opened in 1981, the stadium is the home of the North Carolina A&T Aggies football team and the Irwin Belk Olympic class track. In addition, Truist Stadium features a "Fitness and Wellness Center". This 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) fitness facility sits behind the scoreboard in the stadium's northeastern corner.

The former L. Richardson Memorial Hospital, also known as Americas Health Care of Greensboro Nursing Facility, is a historic hospital located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The original section was built in 1927, and is a three-story, seven-bay, Mission Revival style stuccoed brick building with a two-bay-wide, three-story, brick wing constructed in 1930. A long two- and three-story addition was added in 1945–1946. It was Greensboro's first modern hospital for African-Americans. The hospital moved to a new facility in 1966, and the old building sold for use as a nursing home.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Carolina Cadillac Company Building, also known as Adamson Cadillac Co., Adamson-Cadillac-Olds. Co., and Black Cadillac-Olds., Inc., is a historic car dealership building located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built in 1922, and is a two-story, three-bay, rectangular brick commercial building with Mission Revival style embellishments. A one-story brick addition was added in 1940. The front facade features an original, decorative, metal awning over the entrance and a central shaped pediment topped with terra cotta coping.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.