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

Marshall R. Wagner House

1935

Marshall R. Wagner Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 14, 2024

1. Marshall R. Wagner 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 1931.

Location. 35° 44.065′ N, 81° 20.099′ W. Marker is in Hickory, North Carolina, in Catawba County. It is at the intersection of 2nd Avenue Northeast and North 2nd Street (North Carolina Route 127), on the left when traveling east on 2nd Avenue Northeast. The marker is to the right of the main entrance below the window. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 217 2nd 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

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markers are within walking distance of this marker: Donald S. Menzies House (a few steps from this marker); Menzies-Goodman House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Judge W. B. Councill House (about 400 feet away); Broome House Garage (about 400 feet away); Claremont College (about 500 feet away); Shuford L. Whitener House (about 500 feet away); Alonzo M. West House (about 500 feet away); Calvin R. Warlick House (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hickory.

Regarding Marshall R. Wagner House.

Excerpts from the Claremont High School Historic District Nomination Form:

Marshall R. Wagner, the owner of Wagner Furniture Company, a retail store, had this one and one-half story house built in 1938. One of the finest and largest Tudor Revival houses in the district it presents an extremely varied silhouette created by numerous projecting and recessed brick veneered wall planes capped by steeply pitched half-timbered and stuccoed intersecting gables which vary in size from the small entrance gable to the much larger gable which enframes it. The impressive design of the house is highlighted by
Photographed by Mark Parker, September 14, 2024

2. Marshall R. Wagner House front entrance. Marker is to the right below the window.
its siting on a high piece of ground which dominates the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Second Street...

Marshall Ralph Wagner (1897-1967) was born in Galena, Kansas to John and Fannie ·Herman Wagner, who were natives of Iredell and Catawba Counties respectively. His family moved to Conover when he was thirteen. Educated at Concordia College and Smithfield Business College in Richmond, Virginia, he went to work for Fred Garvin's Furniture Company in Newton in 1920, and in 1929 opened a branch store in West Hickory. Wagner later assumed full ownership of the store, and operated it for thirty-seven years in the Rock Corner block of West Hickory.

Also see . . . Claremont High School District Nomination Form (pdf). Prepared by Kirk F. Mohney, consultant to the city of Hickory, 1985 (Submitted on September 21, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)

Full view of Marshall R. Wagner House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 14, 2024

3. Full view of Marshall R. Wagner House

Credits. This page was last revised on September 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 21, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 197 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 21, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.