Sign in front of the Caldwell County Historical Society Heritage Museum.

The Caldwell County Historical Society Heritage Museum. This building is the last extant structure from Davenport College in Lenoir.

A bird's eye view drawing of Davenport College.

The donation jar. The Caldwell County Historical Society Heritage Museum is entirely volunteer driven.

Museum Director John Hawkins in the main exhibit area.

Display on the local Legend of the Twin Poplars. These trees, which reportedly still stand today outside Lenoir, as the story goes, were twisted together by the leaders of two warring Indian tribes as a symbol of peace.

A Caldwell County kraut jug.

A registration book from the Carlheim Hotel, once a luxurious mainstay of Lenoir's downtown.

A collection of various Caldwell County high school yearbooks.

This is said to have been the first television in Lenoir, owned by John Efrid.