Cherryville in Gaston County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Cherryville Heritage Mural
"Greetings from Cherryville" by Joe McKinney
August 2017
Photographed by Mark Parker, February 7, 2025
1. Cherryville Heritage Mural Marker
Inscription.
Cherryville Heritage Mural. "Greetings from Cherryville" by Joe McKinney. Based on the 1950's Curt Teich "Greetings from..." postcards celebrating cities and states throughout the United States, this painting represents snapshots of a special moment in time. Following World War II and prior to the Korean War, there was a period in which we were at peace. In Cherryville, Carolina Freight Carriers was on its way to becoming an international trucking company employing hundreds of people and bringing prosperity to our town. Cotton was King in the South and Cherryville's 13 cotton mills employed many other citizens. Founded in 1906, our oldest continuous business, "The Cherryville Eagle" newspaper, provided part-time jobs to local school children. Baseball was America's favorite pastime and Cherryville produced many notable players and teams, winning the 1953 American Legion State Championship. From its opening in 1936 until its relocation in 1982, Cherryville High School on East 1st Street proudly flew the American flag daily on the front lawn. In the spring, Cherry trees bloomed around town. Kids rode bikes over the old Mulberry Street Bridge, which provided a balcony to view the train passing below. At City Center the extant Cherryville National Bank stood tall with its McClintock clock. Indeed, it was a simpler time and in Cherryville life blossomed.
Based on the 1950's Curt Teich "Greetings from..." postcards celebrating cities and states throughout the United States, this painting represents snapshots of a special moment in time. Following World War II and prior to the Korean War, there was a period in which we were at peace. In Cherryville, Carolina Freight Carriers was on its way to becoming an international trucking company employing hundreds of people and bringing prosperity to our town. Cotton was King in the South and Cherryville's 13 cotton mills employed many other citizens. Founded in 1906, our oldest continuous business, "The Cherryville Eagle" newspaper, provided part-time jobs to local school children. Baseball was America's favorite pastime and Cherryville produced many notable players and teams, winning the 1953 American Legion State Championship. From its opening in 1936 until its relocation in 1982, Cherryville High School on East 1st Street proudly flew the American flag daily on the front lawn. In the spring, Cherry trees bloomed around town. Kids rode bikes over the old Mulberry Street Bridge, which provided a balcony to view the train passing below.
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At City Center the extant Cherryville National Bank stood tall with its McClintock clock. Indeed, it was a simpler time and in Cherryville life blossomed.
Location. 35° 22.802′ N, 81° 22.795′ W. Marker is in Cherryville, North Carolina, in Gaston County. It is at the intersection of East 1st Street and North Mountain Street (North Carolina Route 274), on the left when traveling west on East 1st Street. The marker is at the lower right corner of the mural. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 110 E 1st St, Cherryville NC 28021, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Piedmont and in Greater Charlotte. 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
Photographed by Mark Parker, February 7, 2025
2. Cherryville Heritage Mural. Marker is at the bottom right corneris
of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 18, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 153 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on February 18, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
