Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum

The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum opened in 1987 to preserve and interpret the history and legacy of Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Palmer Memorial Institute, and African American education in North Carolina. It is located on the former campus of the nationally-renowned Palmer Memorial institute, which closed in 1971.

Walking Tour

1. Origins of Palmer Memorial Institute

2. Carrie Stone Teachers Cottage

3. Charles W. Eliot Hall

4. Brightside & Gregg Cottages, and Brice-Maye Cottage

5. Canary Cottage

6. Meditation Altar

7. Grave of Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown

8. Site of Alice Freeman Palmer Building, destroyed by fire in 1971

9. Stouffer Hall

10. Early School Campus

11. Kimball Hall