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

The High Shoal Ironworks Village

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, December 21, 2008

1. The High Shoal Ironworks Village Marker

Inscription. Among early landowners at the Great Fall on Second Broad River were Richard Henderson, a founder of the short-lived state of Transylvania, and Abner Nash, governor of North Carolina in 1780-81. Later owners used the water power of the High Shoal for a smithy, mill, and ironworks. The ironworks was founded in the 1790's by Mark Bird, a friend of Benjamin Franklin, and Peter Fisher. Achilles Durham owned the ironworks as it declined in the 1840's. The village had a smithy, a store and office, a corn mill, homes for the iron-master and slaves, and a few other residences.

Erected by Rutherford County 225th Anniversary Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places.

Location. 35° 15.87′ N, 81° 47.59′ W. Marker is in Henrietta, North Carolina, in Rutherford County. It is on Harris-Henrietta Road 0.1 miles north of Main Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Henrietta NC 28076, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s

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Mountains. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Raleigh Rutherford Haynes / Simpson Bobo Tanner (here, next to this marker); Raleigh Rutherford Haynes (approx. 2 miles away); Get Up Bell (approx. 2 miles away); North Carolina / South Carolina (approx. 5.8 miles away); Memorial Trees (approx. 6.1 miles away); Elisha Baxter (approx. 6.1 miles away); Building the Community Connector (approx. 6.2 miles away); Rutherford County Memorial (approx. 6.2 miles away).

Old Henrietta Mill on Second Broad River image. Click for full size.

Photographed by John Nix, October 21, 2003

2. Old Henrietta Mill on Second Broad River

Photographed by John Nix, December 21, 2008

3. Old Henrietta Mill on Second Broad River

Mill houses on Main Street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by John Nix, December 21, 2008

4. Mill houses on Main Street

Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 21, 2008, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,744 times since then and 67 times this year. Last updated on July 27, 2024, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 21, 2008, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.