The Mitchell House, named for Rev. John Mitchell,[2] was the first cottage on the Mills Home Campus, completed in 1885 to house girls at the orphanage.[3]
Exhibits at the Mitchell Museum are drawn from a number of sources, including antique equipment, furniture, and memorabilia formerly used in other Mills Home cottages and workshops, as well as additional alumni contributions.
Smaller rooms on either side of the two large central rooms were originally bedrooms for the orphans and matrons, the children's rooms sleeping 8-10 young girls in each. One of these rooms is furnished as it might have been in the 1930s. One contains antique medical and dental equipment rescued from the old infirmary. One room is devoted to the museum's collection of photographs, scrapbooks, and yearbooks.
Hours and Admission
The Mitchell House Museum is open by appointment throughout most of the year. During Alumni Homecoming, held annually on the weekend of the first Sunday of August, the museum is open Saturday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm and Sunday, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Admission is free.
^Blackwell, Michael C. A Place for Miracles: Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina. p. 26-27 ISBN1-887905-50-2
^Elizabeth Dull (n.d.). "Mitchell House"(pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
