Gibsonville in Guilford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Berry Davidson

1831-1915

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, September 7, 2022

1. Berry Davidson Marker

Inscription. Builder and designer of saw mills, grist mills, and cotton mills, his work helped industrialize the Central Piedmont. In Gibonsonville he built Minneola Cotton Mill on Railroad Ave (1886); Hiawatha Cotton Mill on Eugene St. (1893); his home on Church St. (1887); and the Methodist Protestant Church on Church St. (1893). Davidson served as mayor of Gibsonville from 1907 to 1911.

Erected 2016 by Gibsonville Museum and Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.

Location. 36° 6.45′ N, 79° 32.63′ W. Marker is in Gibsonville, North Carolina, in Guilford County. It is at the intersection of Little Avenue and Church Street (State Highway 61), on the right when traveling west on Little Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 301 Little Avenue, Gibsonville NC 27249, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and specifically in Piedmont Triad.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally,

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it is in 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Friedens Church (approx. 1.9 miles away); Elon University (approx. 2.1 miles away); Elon Homes for Children (approx. 2.4 miles away); Cedar Hill Foundry and Machine Shop (approx. 4.9 miles away); Battle of Clapp's Mill (approx. 5.1 miles away); McLean House (approx. 5.1 miles away); Galen Stone Dormitory & Massachusetts Congregational Cottage (approx. 5.2 miles away); Palmer Memorial Institute (approx. 5.2 miles away).

Other markers no longer nearby. Athletic Field (was approx. 5.1 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Galen L. Stone Hall 1927 (was approx. 5.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, September 7, 2022

2. Berry Davidson Marker

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, September 7, 2022

3. Berry Davidson Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2022, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 471 times since then and 22 times this year. Last updated on February 18, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 8, 2022, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.