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Description: This truncated granite column stands approximately eleven feet tall and is dedicated to one of the early preservers of the Guilford battleground.

Inscription:
DAVID SCHENCK / THE PROJECTOR OF THIS BATTLE FIELD'S / RECLAMATION AND THE ORGANIZER AND / FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE / GUILFORD BATTLE GROUND COMPANY / 1835 - 1902

Dedication date: 7/4/1904

Creator: Guilford Battleground Company, Unspecified

Materials & Techniques: Granite

Unveiling & Dedication: James E. Shepherd gave an address at the unveiling.

Subject notes: David Schenck is the man who conceived the idea of preserving the Guilford Battlefield; he later served as the first president of the Guilford Battleground Company. After Schenck's death in 1902 the Company adopted resolutions the following year to have a monument built in his honor.

Location: The marker is on Guilford Courthouse Tour Road 0.2 miles east of Old Battleground Road, on the right when traveling west.

Former Locations: Originally along the New Garden Road (now a walking path), the monument was moved to its present location in 1937.

City: Greensboro

County: Guilford

Subjects: Historic Philanthropic Figures,Historic Political Figures