Wilkesboro in Wilkes County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Dr. Gurney Talmadge & Julia Phillips Mitchell House
Built 1932
| | Wilkesboro Historic Preservation Commission | |
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 29, 2022
1. Dr. Gurney Talmadge & Julia Phillips Mitchell House Marker
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1932.
Location. 36° 8.94′ N, 81° 8.979′ W. Marker is in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in Wilkes County. It is on East Main Street (State Highway 18/268) 0.1 miles east of Broad Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 204 E Main St, Wilkesboro NC 28697, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Harvey Chambers' Upholstery Shop (within shouting distance of this marker); Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Somers-Foster House (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Calloway-Hubbard House (within shouting distance of this marker); Brown-Cowles House (within shouting distance of this marker); Julius Cicero & Nellie White Hubbard House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Johnson-Hubbard House (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilkesboro.
Regarding Dr. Gurney Talmadge & Julia Phillips Mitchell House. Excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Downtown
this page online
Built during the middle of the Depression, this one-and-a-half-story with full basement, fourbay-wide, brick dwelling in the Period Cottage style has multiple clipped gables with cornice returns. The center front medieval-style door is sheltered by an entrance porch with segmental arched openings. The windows are six-over-one sash and mostly in groups of three. At the east end of the house, an engaged porch has segmental-arched openings, although they have been enclosed with vinyl siding pierced by a glass-and-wood-paneled door with sidelights on the front and sash windows on the side and rear. The house has two chimneys and a clipped-gable dormer on the front and rear roof slopes. A one-story section with parapeted ends and a separate recessed entrance at the west end carries across the rear of the house and served as Dr. Mitchells office. The house has two secondary entrances on the east side one on the house and one on the office each sheltered by a bracketed, shed-roofed hood. The house is now used as the office of a local law firm.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 29, 2022
2. Dr. Gurney Talmadge & Julia Phillips Mitchell House Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 15, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 453 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 15, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
