Cliffside in Rutherford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Raleigh Rutherford Haynes

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, April 23, 2022

1. Raleigh Rutherford Haynes Marker

Inscription.
In 1902 Raleigh Rutherford Haynes, one of the South’s leading textile pioneers, and the founder of Cliffside, built his home on this site. After Haynes’ death on February 6, 1917, his son Charles lived here for the next 40 years. The house was demolished in the 1970s.

Erected by The Cliffside Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1902.

Location. 35° 14.59′ N, 81° 46.143′ W. Marker is in Cliffside, North Carolina, in Rutherford County. It is on Old Main Street (State Road 2018) 0.1 miles north of Drug Store Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is mounted at eye-level on the Raleigh Rutherford Haynes Memorial Clock Tower, facing Old Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cliffside NC 28024, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Mountains. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is

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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: Get Up Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); The High Shoal Ironworks Village (approx. 2 miles away); Raleigh Rutherford Haynes / Simpson Bobo Tanner (approx. 2 miles away); North Carolina / South Carolina (approx. 4½ miles away); E.B. Hamrick Memorial Hall (approx. 5.7 miles away); Gardner-Webb University (approx. 5.8 miles away); Boiling Springs Baptist Church Cemetery (approx. 5.8 miles away); General Store Circa 1910 (approx. 5.8 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. Raleigh Rutherford Haynes (1851-1917).

(by Mildred Martin Crow, 1988) Excerpt: At about age twenty, Haynes went to Union County, S.C., with his younger brother, John, to work in the cotton fields. After about two years, he returned to Rutherford County to invest
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, April 23, 2022

2. Raleigh Rutherford Haynes Memorial Clock Tower
(marker is mounted at eye-level)
his savings in a general store and a sawmill. In addition to these enterprises, he farmed. By reinvesting his profits, he became one of the largest landowners in western North Carolina.

(Submitted on July 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Cliffside and Avondale — A Monument To The Historic Haynes Family.

The late Raleigh Rutherford Haynes was one of the great men of his day in Old North State. He founded the famous Cliffside Gingham Mills — worth over a million dollars. Cities stand now as a lasting monument to his enterprises and his devotion to the building of community.

(Submitted on July 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

3. Raleigh Rutherford Haynes (1851-1917).

He was a visionary who implemented an entire industry along the Second Broad River. He founded, among other things, the towns of Cliffside and Avondale.

(Submitted on July 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Raleigh Rutherford Haynes Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, April 23, 2022

3. Raleigh Rutherford Haynes Memorial

(looking west from Old Main Street)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 549 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.