| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — P 70 — Brevard College |
| | Methodist. Opened 1934 on campus of Brevard Institute after merger of Rutherford College (est. 1853) and Weaver College (est. 1873). — Map (db m12483) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — P-67 — Civilian Conservation Corps |
| | CCC camps were established as a New Deal relief measure. Camp John Rock, among first, operated here, 1933-36 — Map (db m11723) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — College Stone Wall and Gate |
| | Erected by WPA in 1936-7 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places
By The United States Department of the Interior 1994 — Map (db m12482) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — Conestee |
| | Site of
Conestee
legendary lost setttlement of the ancient Cherokee Nation visited by British troops in 1725
Disappeared 1777 — Map (db m12448) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — Dunn's Rock Masonic |
| | Near this location
the first meeting of
Dunn's Rock Masonic
Lodge No.267
A.F.& A.M.
was held in stone building
August 4, 1867
Date of Charter
December 4, 1867 — Map (db m12449) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — P 48 — Estatoe Path |
| | Trading route between mountain settlements of the Cherokee and their town Estatoe, in what is now South Carolina, passed nearby. — Map (db m12437) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — P-59 — Forestry School |
| | First U.S. school of forestry, Established 1898 by Dr. C.A. Schenck, chief forester, Biltmore estate. Location until 1909 was nearby. — Map (db m11722) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — In Honor and Memory |
| | [Freedom side of marker]:
In honor and memory of those from Transylvania County who Sacrificed their lives in the Defense of Our Country
Vietnam
Milton Goldsmith • Joe D. Hudson • Reginald W. Lynch • Victor G. McCall • Weldon B. Merrill • Clyde V.Moore • York Osborne • Richard A Snowdon • Verrell D. Stiles • Lane A. Tilson • F. Danny Tinsley
Missing in Action
Larry Jamerson
FREEDOM
[Country side of marker]:
World War I
Ellis F. Barton • Scott Doggin • . . . — Map (db m12558) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — P 13 — North Carolina / South Carolina |
| | (Side A) North Carolina
Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled C. 1650; First to vote Readiness for Independence. Apr. 12 1776 (Side B)
South Carolina
Formed in 1712 from part of Carolina, which was chartered in 1663, it was first settled by the English in 1670. One of the 13 original States. — Map (db m12434) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — St. Philip's Parish |
| | The first recorded Episcopal service in what is now Transylvania County was June 5, 1856. St Pauls-in-the-Valley (2.5 miles south) was organized soon after and a church constructed. After the Civil War, the parish was reorganized in Brevard as St. Philip's to honour the Charleston parish of many of its founders. A wooden church begun in 1883 and adjacent cemetery were located where the present building now stands. That building was destroyed by fire Christmas Day, 1925. The present Gothic . . . — Map (db m12439) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — The Weaver College Bell |
| | Cast on January 29, 1841
These Bricks and the Hand-hewn Beams Were a Part of The Weaver College Administration Building Which was Constructed in Weaverville, North Carolina 1872 — Map (db m12484) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — Transylvania County Courthouse |
| | First Transylvania County Courthouse
Built in 1866-wood frame building
Brick Courthouse and County Jail Begun in 1879 and completed in 1881
Courthouse expanded and New jail constructed in 1920. Courthouse and Jail Building Renovated in 1983 retaining Aesthetic And Historic Significance — Map (db m12488) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — P 76 — Walton War |
| | A boundary dispute in 1804 between N.C. & Ga. led to armed conflict. Militia called out after constable John Havner was killed 1/2 mile E. — Map (db m12438) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Brevard — Weaver College Bell Tower |
| | in Memory of Weaver College 1872-1933
Weaverville, North Carolina Dedicated>br> April 3, 1992 — Map (db m12486) |
| North Carolina (Transylvania County), Rosman — P 15 — A.S. Merrimon — 1830 - 1892 |
| | U.S.Senator, 1873-79;
Chief Justice of State
Supreme Court, 1889-92.
Birthplace was 1 mi. E. — Map (db m20987) |
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