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Barium Springs Home for Children

Barium Springs Home for Children is a North Carolina historical marker in Iredell County, dedicated 1998.

US 21 south of Statesville

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Formerly Presbyterian Orphans Home. Opened here in 1891 by Synod of N.C. Jethro Rumple was first chair, Board of Regents.

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USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

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Gen. map VII, 1895, covering the location of Barium Springs Home for Children, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
Gen. map VII, 1895, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.
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This marker is part of the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, run by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources jointly with the N.C. Department of Transportation. Marker texts and locations are the program's own, as the Department publishes them.

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