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Old Time Music

Artist Stefan Bonitz

 
 
Old Time Music Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, April 27, 2014
1. Old Time Music Marker
Inscription. Waynesville has a rich musical heritage. Today we enjoy old time music in the string bands, fiddle tunes and ballads played and sung at our street dances and many folk festivals.

The artist created this sculpture from recycled industrial materials. It is the first project of the Waynesville Public Art Commission appointed in 2006. Funding was provided by local businesses, community and arts supporters and an award from the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority.
 
Erected 2008 by Waynesville Public Art Commission.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 2006.
 
Location. 35° 29.455′ N, 82° 59.257′ W. Marker is in Waynesville, North Carolina, in Haywood County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street (U.S. 276) and Miller Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Waynesville NC 28786, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Mountains, specifically in Greater Asheville, and in the Great Smoky Mountains. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 original Cherokee Nation, 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 walking distance of this marker: Waynesville Masonic Hall (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Historic Arch (about 500 feet away); Battle House (about 500 feet away); Haywood County Confederate Memorial (about 600 feet away); Century Vault
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(about 600 feet away); N.C. Education Association (about 600 feet away); First American Veterans Monument (about 600 feet away); Haywood County Veterans Monument (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waynesville.
 
Old Time Music Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, April 27, 2014
2. Old Time Music Marker
Old Time Music Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, April 27, 2014
3. Old Time Music Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 877 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 19, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 13, 2026