Street marker for Whippoorwill Academy and Village.

Front exterior view of Whippoorwill Academy.

Original teacher's desk covered with portraits of various teachers, original ledgers, and local histories.

A duplicate of the Whippoorwill Academy rules.

Confederate uniform of Captain Thomas L. Ferguson, North Carolina 26th Regiment.

Ferguson family and other letters and photographs from the Civil War.

A photograph of North Carolina Poet Laureate James Larkin Pearson, Whippoorwill Academy alumnus.

Whippoorwill Academy and Village Director Edith Carter poses with Tom Dooley's original tombstone. The Tom Dooley Museum, located on the upper floor of the academy, not only features artifacts associated with the infamous story, but also features Mrs. Carter's paintings which illustrate the story.

A closer view of Tom Dooley's tombstone along with pictures of the new marker.

A photograph of Edith Carter with the Kingston Trio. The Kingston Trio visited with Mrs. Carter and laid a wreath on Tom Dooley's grave.