Marion in McDowell County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Lone Beech
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 3, 2024
1. Lone Beech Marker
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1905.
Location. 35° 41.126′ N, 82° 0.762′ W. Marker is in Marion, North Carolina, in McDowell County. It can be reached from Hillcrest Drive west of Logan Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 60 Hillcrest Dr, Marion NC 28752, 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 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,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: First Presbyterian Church (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); First Baptist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Roy Williams (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Charters of Freedom (approx. Ό mile away); M/Sgt. Shufford Cline Rowe (approx. Ό mile away); McDowell County War Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); McDowell County Courthouse (approx. Ό mile away); Sesquicentennial Testament (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marion.
Regarding Lone Beech. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
Lone Beech, a grand Classical Revival-style frame house dating to ca. 1912, is one of the most impressive and best preserved houses erected in Marion during its century-and-a-half as the county seat of McDowell County. The house, situated on a hilltop to the northwest of downtown Marion and having, therefore, a panoramic purview of the center of town, represents a dramatic overbuilding and expansion of a one-and-a-half-story residence erected hereca. 1905. That house, eclectic in its design and also known as Lone Beech, took its name from the single beech tree which stood in its south side yard. It was built for Daniel Edward Hudgins, and it was for Hudgins that the house was enlarged and rebuilt to its present appearance. Daniel Edward Hudgins (1869-1929), a native of Warrenton and an alumnus of the school of law at the University of North Carolina, came to Marion in 1892: he opened a law office which he operated as a partnership with a fellow student Elbert Franklin Watson (1867-1960). Hudgins prospered as an attorney, a businessman, and a civic leader in the years of the early twentieth century and this house, which he occupied until his death in 1929, represents his accomplishment. It remained the home of his descendants until 1984Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 3, 20242. Lone Beech Marker
Also see . . . Lone Beech (PDF). National Register nomination for the property, which was listed in 1995. (Prepared by Davyd Foard Hood; via North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office) (Submitted on February 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 3, 2024
3. Lone Beech
Credits. This page was last revised on February 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 587 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
