Claremont in Hickory in Catawba County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Reid-Shuford House

1907

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 9, 2024

1. Reid-Shuford House Marker

Inscription. Claremont Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1907.

Location. 35° 44.319′ N, 81° 20.125′ W. Marker is in Hickory, North Carolina, in Catawba County. It is in Claremont. It can be reached from the intersection of 5th Avenue Northeast and 2nd Street NE (North Carolina Route 127), on the right when traveling west. Marker is to the left of the front entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 207 5th Ave NE, Hickory NC 28601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

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

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within walking distance of this marker: Shuford-Heald-Nau (within shouting distance of this marker); Herman-Tuttle House (within shouting distance of this marker); Maple Grove (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cloninger-Lohr House (about 300 feet away); Clinard-Cilley House (about 400 feet away); Warlick-Waggoner House (about 500 feet away); Walter J. Shuford House (about 600 feet away); Harris Apartments (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hickory.

Regarding Reid-Shuford House.

Excerpts from the Claremont District National Register nomination form:

Two stories in height, the three bay, double pile high hip roofed ReidShuford house is a large Colonial Revival style frame dwelling built about 1907. The front, south elevation has a (replacement) gable entrance porch containing an elliptical arched tympanum supported by paired square posts. Behind it the entrance is flanked by leaded glass sidelights and a fanlight...

William Xenophon Reid (1871-1957), a native of Kittrell, had come to Hickory in the early 1890s. Employed initially as ticket agent for the Southern Railway, he later
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 9, 2024

2. Reid-Shuford House. Marker to the left of the main entrance.
became a cashier at the Hickory Banking and Trust Company, and, subsequently, a teller at the Northwestern Bank. In 1893 he married Florence Shuford (1869-1929) the daughter of Adolphus L. Shuford and Adelaide Lindsay Shuford, pioneer settlers of Hickory. Wade Hampton Shuford (1877-1969) Florence's brother, and his wife Nora Allgood were living in the house by the late 1920s, but the date of purchase has not been determined. Shuford was senior vice president and a director of the Northwestern Bank, and was the founder of several industrial concerns in the area including the Brookford Mills and the Shuford Hosiery Mills

Also see . . . Claremont High School District National Register nomination form (pdf). Prepared by Kirk F. Mohney, consultant to the city of Hickory, 1985 (Submitted on September 11, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 9, 2024

3. Reid-Shuford House

Credits. This page was last revised on September 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 208 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 11, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.