Mount Airy in Surry County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
R. R. Galloway House
Photographed by Mark Parker, December 30, 2024
1. R. R. Galloway House Marker
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Erected by United States Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.
Location. 36° 30.424′ N, 80° 36.564′ W. Marker is in Mount Airy, North Carolina, in Surry County. It can be reached from North Main Street (Business U.S. 52) south of Galloway Street, on the right when traveling south. The marker is on the front porch to the right of the entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 731 N Main St, Mount Airy NC 27030, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Rufus Haymore House (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Trinity Episcopal Church (approx. Ό mile away); Edgar Harvey Hennis House (approx. 0.4 miles away); The J.D. Smith Building (approx. 0.4 miles away); Leonidas Harold "L.H." Jones (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Whittler (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Whittling Wall (approx. 0.4 miles away); Tommy Jarrell (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Airy.
More about this marker. The Galloway House is a contributing building to the Mount Airy Historic District
Regarding R. R. Galloway House. Excerpts from the Mount Airy Historic District Nomination Form:
Large, two -story frame Colonial Revival style house with hipped roof, gabled dormers, decorative corbelled interior chimneys, wrap-around Doric porch, one-over-one sash windows with leaded glass transoms, leaded glass sidelights with paneled aprons flanking main entrance. Wide, elegant sidestair hall and paneled wainscot on the interior. Granite used for porch skirt and entrance steps. According to documentary photographs, this house may have utilized some elements of a Gothic Revival house which formerly stood on this site. The diamond-patterned balustrade formerly located on the side porch of the Gothic Revival house now appears to be used as the balustrade on present second story southwest porch. This house was owned originally by R. R. Galloway, who had previously owned the house next door. In addition to his large property holdings. Galloway operated the Opera House downtown.Photographed by Mark Parker, December 30, 20242. R. R. Galloway House. Marker is to the right of the entrance
Also see . . . Mount Airy Historic District Nomination Form (pdf). Prepared by Patricia S. Dickinson, Consultant, Division of Archives and History, 1985 (Submitted on January 2, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)
Photographed by Mark Parker, December 30, 2024
3. Full view of the R. R. Galloway House
Credits. This page was last revised on January 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 2, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 167 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 2, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
