Kings Mountain in Cleveland County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

George Washington Cornwell House

Photographed by Mark Parker, October 8, 2024

1. George Washington Cornwell House Marker

Inscription.

George Washington Cornwell House. . In 1876, George Washington Cornwell (1848-1927) purchased land from brothers, William Andrew and Jacob Simri Mauney for the purpose of constructing this house. Originally located at 106 King Street, Kings Mountain, the house consists of a center hall with a room on each side. Front and rear doors, as well as a porch on both the front and rear (currently missing) of the house provided access to the home. A kitchen and dining ell, added in the early part of the 20th century (currently missing) would have been located off the room on the left., George married Frances Loucinda Smith (1845-1919) in 1875. The couple had seven children, with only four of them living to adulthood., According to the census records, George Washington Cornwell, along with his father James Madison Cornwell and half-brother William Cornwell, is listed as a carriage or wagon maker., While George was a member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in town, Loucinda was a devout Baptist. In 1890, along with Margaret Isabelle Nevitt Kendrick and Callie Hoke Carpenter, the women organized the First Baptist Church of Kings Mountain, originally located at the corner of East Mountain Street and South Piedmont Avenue., In 1910, the Cornwells sold their property to their eldest son Clarence with the stipulation that the house be relocated to the far side of the property. Clarence and his family relocated the house and constructed a house more fashionable for the 20th Century., Central United Methodist Church acquired the land and the house from the Tignor Estate. Needing only the land, the church donated the structure to the Museum. The Museum moved the structure to its current location on the Museum Commons in 2005., For information on the restoration process of this building, please visit the display inside the museum., (captions) , Frances Loucinda Cornwell The First Baptist Church of Kings Mountain , Cornwell House at 106 King Street prior to being moved. Kings Mountain Historical Museum , Interior detail, Cahill Iron Works Firebox Grate Kings Mountain Historical Museum

In 1876, George Washington Cornwell (1848-1927) purchased land from brothers, William Andrew and Jacob Simri Mauney for the purpose of constructing this house. Originally located at 106 King Street, Kings Mountain, the house consists of a center hall with a room on each side. Front and rear doors, as well as a porch on both the front and rear (currently missing) of the house provided access to the home. A kitchen and dining ell, added in the early part of the 20th century (currently missing) would have been located off the room on the left.

George married Frances Loucinda Smith (1845-1919) in 1875. The couple had seven children, with only four of them living to adulthood.

According to the census records, George Washington Cornwell, along with his father James Madison Cornwell and half-brother William Cornwell, is listed as a carriage or wagon maker.

While George was a member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in town, Loucinda was a devout Baptist. In 1890, along with Margaret Isabelle Nevitt Kendrick and Callie Hoke Carpenter, the women organized the First Baptist Church of Kings Mountain, originally

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located at the corner of East Mountain Street and South Piedmont Avenue.

In 1910, the Cornwells sold their property to their eldest son Clarence with the stipulation that the house be relocated to the far side of the property. Clarence and his family relocated the house and constructed a house more fashionable for the 20th Century.

Central United Methodist Church acquired the land and the house from the Tignor Estate. Needing only the land, the church donated the structure to the Museum. The Museum moved the structure to its current location on the Museum Commons in 2005.

For information on the restoration process of this building, please visit the display inside the museum.

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Frances Loucinda Cornwell The First Baptist Church of Kings Mountain
Cornwell House at 106 King Street prior to being moved. Kings Mountain Historical Museum
Interior detail, Cahill Iron Works Firebox Grate Kings Mountain Historical Museum

Erected by Kings Mountain Historical Museum, Marion Stedman Covington Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1876.

Location. 35° 14.297′ N,

Full view of George Washington Cornwell House. Marker is to the left of the front entrance. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, October 8, 2024

2. Full view of George Washington Cornwell House. Marker is to the left of the front entrance.

81° 20.531′ W. Marker is in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, in Cleveland County. It can be reached from South Piedmont Avenue south of East Mountain Street, on the left when traveling south. The house is part of the Kings Mountain Historical Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 211 S Piedmont Ave, Kings Mountain NC 28086, 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 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,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Robert Barber House (within shouting distance of this marker); Patriots Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jimmy Wayne (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Cupola

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(approx. 0.2 miles away); Battle of Kings Mountain (approx. 0.2 miles away); William Andrew Mauney House (approx. ¼ mile away); King's Pinnacle (approx. 3.2 miles away); Lincoln Academy (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kings Mountain.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Kings Mountain Battleground (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . Kings Mountain Historical Museum. (Submitted on October 25, 2024.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 24, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 370 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 24, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.