Black Mountain in Buncombe County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Montreat College

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, September 5, 2016

1. Montreat College Marker

Inscription.
Presbyterian. Opened in 1916 as Montreat Normal School. First president was Robert C. Anderson. Campus is 2 miles N.

Erected 2004 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number P-84.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1916.

Location. 35° 37.116′ N, 82° 19.281′ W. Marker is in Black Mountain, North Carolina, in Buncombe County. It is on Montreat Road (State Highway 9) 0.1 miles north of East State Street (U.S. 70), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 106 Montreat Rd, Black Mountain NC 28711, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Mountains and in Greater Asheville.

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

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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: Roberta Flack (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pegmatitic Granodiorite (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mylonitic Gneiss (approx. 0.2 miles away); Multigenerational Mountain Musicians (approx. 0.2 miles away); Amphibolite (approx. 0.2 miles away); André Michaux (approx. 0.2 miles away); Migmatitic Gneiss (approx. 0.2 miles away); Granulitic Gneiss (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Black Mountain.

Also see . . . Montreat College. Website homepage (Submitted on March 22, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Montreat College Marker (facing north) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, September 5, 2016

2. Montreat College Marker (facing north)

Montreat College Marker (facing south) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, September 5, 2016

3. Montreat College Marker (facing south)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 22, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2016, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 511 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 6, 2016, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 2, 3. submitted on September 7, 2016, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.