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Gastonia in Gaston County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Daniel E. Rhyne

1852-1933

 
 
Daniel E. Rhyne Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Angela Cunningham
1. Daniel E. Rhyne Marker
Inscription. Textile mill owner, bank executive, philanthropist, and benefactor of present Lenoir-Rhyne University. Grave is nearby.
 
Erected 1973 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number O-65.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesEducationIndustry & Commerce.
 
Location. 35° 16.518′ N, 81° 8.934′ W. Marker is in Gastonia, North Carolina, in Gaston County. It is at the intersection of North New Hope Road (State Highway 279) and Lander Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North New Hope Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 702 North New Hope Road, Gastonia NC 28054, 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 of the Mississippian Culture, one of the
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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 Benjamin Babington (approx. 1.7 miles away); R. Gregg Cherry (approx. 2.2 miles away); Loray Strike (approx. 3 miles away); Confederate Soldiers Monument (approx. 3.2 miles away); William C. Friday (approx. 3.2 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away); Korean War Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away); Hoffman Hotel 1852 (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gastonia.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Daniel E. Rhyne (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital (was approx. 1.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
More about this marker. Marker updated in 2023.
 
Daniel E. Rhyne Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Angela Cunningham
2. Daniel E. Rhyne Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 113 times since then and 21 times this year. Last updated on May 8, 2025, by Angela Cunningham of Gastonia, North Carolina. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 8, 2025, by Angela Cunningham of Gastonia, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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Sep. 18, 2026