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

Shuford-Heald-Nau

1907

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 9, 2024

1. Shuford-Heald-Nau 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° 20.104′ W. Marker is in Hickory, North Carolina, in Catawba County. It is in Claremont. It is on 5th Avenue Northeast east of 2nd Street NE (North Carolina Route 127), on the left when traveling east. The marker is to the left of the main entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 217 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 within walking distance of

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

Regarding Shuford-Heald-Nau.

Excerpt from the Claremont District National Register nomination form:

This small, one and one-half story, three bay weatherboarded house was built about 1907 for Adrian Shuford, Sr. It has a hip roofed central block with pent gables at the southeast and west-northwest corners, a one story pedimented bay at the east-northeast corner, a center shed roofed dormer and a full facade porch...

Adrian L. Shuford's house was built, as was his sister's and her husband's , on land which was a part of their father A. L. Shuford's estate in Maple Grove. He was the youngest child in the family and later moved to Conover, North Carolina where
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 9, 2024

2. Shuford-Heald-Nau Marker to the left of the front entrance
he was a manufacturer of gloves and hosiery. The house was then owned and occupied by Dr. Eugene DeForest Heald (1875-1942) and his mother, Mary Wood Heald ( -1937). Heald was an early educator in Hickory and later a member of the faculty at Lenoir-Rhyne College. The house was then owned by David P. Whitley, manager of the Orkin Exterminating Company, until Dr. Walter T. Nau, now retired chairman of the French and German departments at Lenoir-Rhyne College, purchased it about 1945.

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.)

Shuford-Heald-Nau image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 9, 2024

3. Shuford-Heald-Nau

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 131 times since then and 13 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.