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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Buncombe County, North Carolina
Adjacent to Buncombe County, North Carolina
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| Near South Market Street north of Eagle Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Eagle Street traditionally has been the commercial, cultural, and professional center of the African-American community. The YMI Cultural Center, commissioned by George W. Vanderbilt in 1892 as the Young Men's Institute, was renovated in the 1980s. . . . — — Map (db m98367) HM |
| On Broadway at Mt. Clare Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Broadway. |
| | Gen. Davis Tillson raised 1,700-man 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery in Tennessee and North Carolina in 1864. The unit encamped nearby while garrisoned in Asheville in 1865. Assigned to Tillson's 2nd brigade, the men participated in operations in . . . — — Map (db m55571) HM |
| On College Street (U.S. 74) near Coxe Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Since 1902, when the first city auditorium
was built here, this area has been a center
for entertainment and the preservation of
Southern Appalachian culture. Acclaim has
gone to composer Boscom Lamar Lunsford
and playwright Hubert Hayes for . . . — — Map (db m36176) HM |
| Near the Court Plaza east of S. Spruce St.. |
| | Dedicated to the memory of
Samuel Ashe
1725 - 1813
Distinguished North Carolinian
Governor, Statesman and Jurist
in whose honor
the City of Asheville was named
— — Map (db m30120) HM |
| On Victoria Road near Livingston Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Presbyterian. Opened 1887 as Home Industrial School. Teacher's College 1892-1944. Stood nearby. — — Map (db m56622) HM |
| Near Eagle Street at Davidson Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | When the war began, more than 15 percent of Buncombe County’s residents were enslaved people. James Patton housed slaves behind his Eagle Hotel (straight ahead), where they worked as waiter, maids, grooms, cooks, and trail guides. Three blocks to . . . — — Map (db m75507) HM |
| On O Henry Avenue at Battle Square, on the right when traveling north on O Henry Avenue. |
| | Near the end of the Civil War in 1865, Confederate Battery Porter was positioned uphill to your right on Stony Hill, at that time the highest point in Asheville. The battery included four 12-pounder field pieces known as Napoleons, a model 1857 . . . — — Map (db m75505) HM |
| On Broadway (State Highway 1781), on the right when traveling north. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m55543) HM |
| On Campus Drive at Field Drive, on the right when traveling north on Campus Drive. |
| | On April 3, 1865, Union Col. Isaac M. Kirby left Tennessee with 900 men including his own 101st Ohio Infantry for “a scout in the direction of Asheville.” Three days later, local resident Nicholas Woodfin spotted the Federals on the . . . — — Map (db m75534) HM |
| On McDowell St. (U.S. 25) at Biltmore Estate Drive on McDowell St.. |
| | Designed for George W. Vanderbilt by Richard M. Hunt. Constructed, 1890-1895. Opened to public, 1930. Three miles west. — — Map (db m12704) HM |
| | George W. Vanderbilt, following the recommendation of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, was the first American landowner to implement scientific forestry, the management and conservation of forest lands, on a large scale. He hired Gifford . . . — — Map (db m58507) HM |
| Near South Market Street north of Eagle Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | James Vester Miller was chief brickmason for the 1925 Municipal Building. The cornucopias over the side doorway mark the entrance to the City Market, located there from 1926 to 1932. Of slave parentage, Miller achieved renown as a craftsman, . . . — — Map (db m98368) HM |
| |
1927
Buncombe
County Court House
Erected by the People of
Buncombe County
Board of County Commissioners
Hon.E.M.Lyda
Chairman
Hon.W.E.Johnson~Hon.W.E.McLean
Burgin Pernnell
County Attorney
L.E.Jarrett
County . . . — — Map (db m18694) HM |
| On Broadway Street (State Highway 1791) at WT Weaver Blvd, on the left when traveling north on Broadway Street. |
| | Opened up western N.C. Built, 1824-28; the 75-mi. long route from S.C. line to Tenn. line, used by settlers & livestock
drovers, passed nearby. — — Map (db m55544) HM |
| On Market Street at Collage Street on Market Street. |
| | Asheville's central square has long served the
needs of government and commerce. From
1892 to 1926 a massive city hall with a bell
tower dominated the east end. The building
housed police and fire departments in addition
to municipal offices. . . . — — Map (db m17062) HM |
| | Manufactured Enfield-type rifles. In 1863 Plant moved to Columbia.S.C. Building was located 1/4 mi.SE.Burned in 1865. — — Map (db m30269) HM |
| On North Pack Square (Alternate U.S. 74) at Broadway (U.S. 25), on the left when traveling east on North Pack Square. |
| | Native American trails guided settlers to this site, where in 1793 the Buncombe County Court placed the first courthouse, prison, and stocks. With the opening of the Buncombe Turnpike in 1827, this public square became a crossroads for stagecoach . . . — — Map (db m97553) HM |
| On Hilliard Avenue at S French Broad Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Hilliard Avenue. |
| | Governor, 1965~1969; N.C.
Supreme Court Justice,
1969~1978; Judge; Legislator
& Business Leader.
"Man of the Mountains."
Birthplace was nearby. — — Map (db m56353) HM |
| On Merrimon Avenue (U.S. 25) near Beaverdam Road (North Carolina Highway 2230). |
| | Governor and political leader. President
of the University of North Carolina,
1835-1868. Was born three miles E. — — Map (db m31260) HM |
| On Patton Avenue near Church Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Dr. Blackwell was the first woman awarded a medical degree in the United States.
She began privately her medical studies in Asheville in 1845 under Dr. John Dickson, for whom she taught music at Dickson private school for girls. The school was . . . — — Map (db m31663) HM |
| Near South Spruce Street south of College Street (Alternate U.S. 74), on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1926 Asheville and Buncombe County officials considered erecting matching government buildings on Court Plaze. The city chose Douglas Ellington's Beaux-Art design with its Art Deco embellishments. The county, however, rejected Ellington's plan . . . — — Map (db m98371) HM |
| On Swannanoa River Road (State Highway 81) at Biltmore Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Swannanoa River Road. |
| | Devastated western N.C. and western Piedmont; destroyed homes, crops, mills, bridges. Four lives lost, July 16, near main gate of Biltmore Estate. — — Map (db m97531) HM |
| On Tunnel Road (U.S. 70) at Beverly Road, on the right when traveling west on Tunnel Road. |
| | Historian, lawyer, and
bibliophile. Gave to
Asheville the Sondley
Reference Library. His home is 2.7 mi. north. — — Map (db m56288) HM |
| On Beaverdam Road (State Highway 2230) at Merrimon Avenue (U.S. 25), on the left when traveling east on Beaverdam Road. |
| | Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
1784-1816, often visited and preached at the
home of Daniel Killian which was one mile east. — — Map (db m31456) HM |
| | As work progressed on Biltmore Estate, his last and largest private project, Frederick Law Olmsted observed, "It is a great work of peace we are engaged in and one of these days we shall all be proud of our parts in it." It was Olmstead who . . . — — Map (db m58506) HM |
| Near Page Avenue south of Battle Square Avenue. |
| | Colonel Frank Coxe opened the first Battery Park Hotel in 1886. The rambling structure on a hill top became internationally prominent, catering to famous guests. In the early 1920s Edwin W. Groves purchased the property. He built a brand new Battery . . . — — Map (db m30224) HM |
| On Biltmore Avenue (U.S. 25) at Eagle Street, on the right when traveling north on Biltmore Avenue. |
| | An ornamental eagle perched high in front of
the Eagle Hotel one block south. Irish
immigrant James Patton opened the hostelry in
1814. Almost opposite the Eagle, the
Swannanoa Hotel began operation in 1878,
making South Main Street - now . . . — — Map (db m57588) HM |
| Near Church Street at Patton Avenue (Alternate U.S. 74), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Reminiscent of Asheville's Victorian past, the Drhumor Building across Church Street was built in 1895 by William J. Cocke and family. Fred Miles, Biltmore Hourse sculptor, carved the limestone frieze. Immortalized in stone is on the east side is . . . — — Map (db m97545) HM |
| On E Chestnut St at Merrimon Ave. on E Chestnut St. |
| | United States Senator, 1895-1903.
Republican leader, newspaperman, federal judge. His home is 3/10 mile east; grave is 1.3 mi. west. — — Map (db m12708) HM |
| On Haywood Street at Battery Park Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Haywood Street. |
| | "Singing Brakeman" lived in Asheville, 1927. Began his country music career with radio broadcasts on WWNC, then 50 yds. W. — — Map (db m84784) HM |
| On Merrimon Avenue (U.S. 25) at Beaverdam Road (North Carolina Highway 2230), on the right when traveling north on Merrimon Avenue. |
| | Territorial Governor of Oregon, 1848-50,
Vice-Presidential candidate, 1860, U.S.
Senator, major general in Mexican War.
Born 3 miles east — — Map (db m31534) HM |
| On Merrimon Avenue (U.S. 25) at Hillside Street, on the right when traveling south on Merrimon Avenue. |
| | World War I soldier, aviator. First pilot
of Escadrille Lafayette to shoot down
enemy plane. Killed in action, Sept. 23, 1916.
Home 200 yds. W. — — Map (db m31325) HM |
| On Overlook Road south of Springside Road (County Route 3506), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Early in 1861, Buncombe County farmer William Riley Powers joined the Rough and Ready Guards (Co. F, 14th North Carolina Infantry). The regiment was assigned to southeastern Virginia. There, Confederate Gen. Benjamin Huger discharged Pvts. Powers . . . — — Map (db m75532) HM |
| On Tunnel Road (U.S. 70 / 74) at Chunn's Cove Road, on the right when traveling west on Tunnel Road. Reported permanently removed. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m57304) HM |
| On College St. (State Highway 74) at S. Charlotte Street on College St.. |
| | First female legislator in the South. Elected to N.C. House, 1920. Her law office was 400 yds west; home ½ mi. NE. — — Map (db m12707) HM |
| On Chestnut Street at Broadway Street, on the right when traveling west on Chestnut Street. |
| | Governor, 1913-1917. He
created the state highway
& fisheries commissions,
est. Mt. Mitchell State
Park. Lived 1/2 mi. W. — — Map (db m57111) HM |
| Near North Pack Square (Alternate U.S. 74) at South Market Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | W.O. Wolfe's tombstone shop, fondly recalled by his son, Thomas in Look Homeward Angel, once stood on this corner. During the boom of the 1920s, real estate developer L.B. Jackson purchased the property from Julia Westall Wolfe and built . . . — — Map (db m97548) HM |
| On Biltmore Avenue near Doctors Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Established before 1793 as Union Hill Academy. Named for George Newton. Later site of a public school. Building stood 200 feet east. — — Map (db m2277) HM |
| Near Patton Avenue (Alternate U.S. 74) at Church Street. |
| | William Sydney Porter, whose pen name was O. Henry, rented an office nearby in 1909-1910. Popular for his short stories, especially "The Gift of the Magi," he was inspired to write "Let Me Feel Your Pulse" by a visit to an Asheville physician. . . . — — Map (db m97533) HM |
| On Haywood Road (Business U.S. 19/23) near Balsam Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Writer of fiction and
poetry. "Fielding Burke,"
her pen name. Author of
Call Home the Heart and
Highland Annals. Home,
1925-68, was 1/4 mile N. — — Map (db m57222) HM |
| Near South Market Street (Alternate U.S. 74) at South Pack Square, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Until electricity was introduced in the late 1880s, gas and kerosene lamps provided lighting in Public Square—now Pack Square. Horse-head fountains, fed from a reservoir on Beaucatcher Mountain, were affixed to lampposts at the east and west . . . — — Map (db m98364) HM |
| Near Dalton Street 0.3 miles north of Wyoming Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | George Avery, a 19-year-old enslaved blacksmith, joined Co. D, 40th United States Colored Troops, in Greeneville, Tennessee, in 1865. According to local tradition, his master, Confederate Maj. William W. McDowell, sent Avery to enlist for a post-war . . . — — Map (db m75527) HM |
| On Riverside Drive (State Highway 251) south of Pearson Bridge Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Congressman, 1895-1901; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1902-1907, and to Greece and Montenegro, 1907-09. His home, “Richmond Hill,” was ½ mile N.W. — — Map (db m71110) HM |
| On Broadway Street at Ocala Street, on the left when traveling north on Broadway Street. |
| | Graves of Thomas Wolfe & "O. Henry," authors; Zebulon B. Vance, governor; Thomas L. Clingman and Robert R. Reynolds, U.S. senators. One-half mile W. — — Map (db m97532) HM |
| On Biltmore Avenue (U.S. 25) near Patton Avenue (U.S. 74E), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Erected and Dedicated by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and Friends
In loving memory of
Robert E. Lee
and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway
“The shaft memorial and highway straight
attest his worth . . . — — Map (db m31578) HM |
| On Hendersonville Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, September, 1776, passed nearby on the banks of the Swannanoa River. — — Map (db m2279) HM |
| On Brevard Road (State Highway 191) north of Biltmore Estates Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The expedition led by
Gen. Griffith Rutherford
against the Cherokee,
September 1776, passed
nearby. — — Map (db m17056) HM |
| Near Victoria Road 0.1 miles south of Oakland Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | After John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859, new militia companies were formed in the South. Businessman William W. McDowell, whose wife acquired this house from her father’s and brother’s estates, raised a company called the . . . — — Map (db m75524) HM |
| On Victoria Road south of McDowell Street (U.S. 25), on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Religious of Christian Education, an
order of nuns originally from France,
established Hillside Convent School on
January 6, 1908. In 1910, the school was
moved to this site and renamed St.
Genevieve~of~the~Pines. For eight decades,
the . . . — — Map (db m57479) HM |
| Near Patton Avenue (Alternate U.S. 74) at South Lexington Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The coming of the railroad and tuberculosis sanitariums in the 1880s prompted a population explosion in Asheville. On Patton Avenue the Grand Central Hotel opened circa 1880 and the Grand Opera House in 1890. Later, vaudeville and motion picture . . . — — Map (db m97550) HM |
| On Hendersonville Road (U.S. 25). |
| | On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry occupied Asheville on April 26, 1865. — — Map (db m12768) HM |
| On Patton Avenue (U.S. 19) at Old Haywood Road (North Carolina Highway 1404) on Patton Avenue. |
| | Health & social resort during the nineteenth century; patronized by low-country planters. Springs are 600 yds. S. — — Map (db m17093) HM |
| On Biltmore Plaza at Kitchen Pl on Biltmore Plaza. |
| | Near and West of this spot at Gum Spring The County of Buncombe
was organized on April 16, 1792
under act of the
General Assembly of North Carolina
Erected by The National Society of the Colonial Dames Of America
In the State of . . . — — Map (db m12831) HM |
| On South Pack Square (Alternate U.S. 74) east of Biltmore Avenue (U.S. 25), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Buncombe County was carved out of a magnificent mountain landscape etched by indigenous trails and scattered settlements. The bill creating the county was ratified on January 14, 1792.
In 1793, the county's first official courthouse, a jail and . . . — — Map (db m98370) HM |
| On Broadway (State Highway 1791) at WT Weaver Blvd, on the right when traveling north on Broadway. |
| | Established 1927; became Asheville-Biltmore College 1936. Moved here in 1961. A campus of The University of North Carolina, 1969. — — Map (db m55545) HM |
| | Author of "Look Homeward Angel" (1929)."Of Time and the River", and other works. Home stands 200 yards N., birthplace 500 yds. N.E. — — Map (db m12706) HM |
| | Dixieland
Asheville native Thomas Wolfe achieved international fame with the publication of his first full-length novel, Look Homeward, Angel, in 1929. Many of the incidents in the book took place in his mother's boardinghouse, "Old . . . — — Map (db m12757) HM |
| On College Street at Davidson Drive, on the right when traveling north on College Street. |
| | James Alexander •
Zebulon Baird •
Willian Brittain •
Adam Cooper •
Samuel Davidson •
Willian Davidson •
Lot Harper •
Joseph Harrison •
William Moore •
John Patton •
Daniel Smith •
Valentine Thrash •
David Vance •
Robert Williamson . . . — — Map (db m37193) HM |
| On Aston Street near Church Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
of
Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson, New York
Has been placed on the
National Register
Of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m32324) HM |
| Near South Pack Square (Alternate U.S. 74) east of Biltmore Avenue (U.S. 25), on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Urban Trail, a self-guided walk through historic downtown, begins here at the heart of the city, the public square. Philanthropist George Willis Pack, for whom the square was named in 1903, gave generously to the entire community. So too, the . . . — — Map (db m98369) HM |
| On College Street near Davidson Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This marker is erected
in loving memory of the
men of Buncombe County
who volunteered and served
in the War with Spain,
the insurrection in the
Philippines and the
China Relief Expedition,
1898 - 1902 — — Map (db m37194) HM |
| Near Montford Avenue at Hill Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | During the war, many large buildings such as schools, warehouses, and churches became temporary prisons in Southern cities. After Asheville's jail on Pack Square overflowed with Confederate draft evaders, deserters, Union prisoners of war, and . . . — — Map (db m59170) HM |
| On College Street (U.S. 74) at Court House Plaza, on the right when traveling east on College Street. |
| | [inscriptions, west center interior] "It is the Veteran:"
It is the Veteran who has given us and defended Freedom of Religion.
It is the Veteran who has given us and defended Freedom of Press.
It is the Veteran who has given us . . . — — Map (db m30268) HM |
| On S. Market St. at Patton Ave. (U.S. 74) on S. Market St.. |
| | Est. 1892 as a center for social, moral, religious influence for blacks working at Biltmore. Businesses thrived in building 100 yards, S. — — Map (db m30151) HM |
| On Biltmore Avenue (U.S. 25) near Patton Avenue (U.S. 74E), on the right when traveling north. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m32044) HM |
| On Broadway (State Highway 1791) at WT Weaver Blvd, on the right when traveling south on Broadway. |
| | Writer, artist, Jazz Age icon; wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. On Mar. 10, 1948, died in Highland Hospital fire, 1/4 mi S. — — Map (db m55546) HM |
| On Brevard Road (State Highway 191) near Bent Creek Ranch Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Leader in fight against tuberculosis in North Carolina, Superintendent of State Sanatorium
in Hoke County, 1914–24. His birthplace is 400 ft. W. — — Map (db m56701) HM |
| On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 394) at North Carolina Highway 191, on the right when traveling north on Blue Ridge Parkway. |
| | The French Broad River played a major role in this region’s early development. Initially called the “Broad River” by eighteenth-century French hunters and traders, it was later named the French Broad River. With headwaters on Pisgah . . . — — Map (db m58937) HM |
| On State Street (U.S. 70) near N Dougherty Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | French botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina, visited Black Mountains, August, 1794. — — Map (db m56096) HM |
| On W State Street (U.S. 70) near W College Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Est. in 1933; closed 1956. Experimental school with emphasis on fine arts & progressive education. Campus was 3 mi. NW. — — Map (db m56119) HM |
| On West State Street (U.S. 70) 0.1 miles west of Cragmont Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Prototype domes built nearby in 1948 & 1949 by Buckminster Fuller while he taught at Black Mountain College. — — Map (db m97525) HM |
| On Montreat Road (State Highway 9) 0.1 miles north of East State Street (U.S. 70), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Presbyterian. Opened in 1916 as Montreat Normal School. First president was Robert C. Anderson. Campus is 2 miles N. — — Map (db m97530) HM |
| On Old U.S. 70 at Old Toll Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 70. |
| | Opened Black Mountains to logging and tourism. Built, 1911-1914. Ran from point nearby to Camp Alice, 21 mi. NE. — — Map (db m56700) HM |
| On Sand Hill Road (State Highway 3412), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Here on land granted him in 1787.
He erected the first house of white
settlers west of the Blue Ridge.
Capt. Moore and his troops camped near
here when on the Rutherford Expedition
against the Cherokee in 1776.
Erected by Unaka . . . — — Map (db m56431) HM |
| On Sand Hill Road (Route 3412), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Captain of militia force
which marched against
the Cherokee in Nov.,
1776. A fort which he
built stood near here.
His home was 200 yds. E. — — Map (db m57152) HM |
| On Charlotte Highway (Alternate U.S. 74) south of Clarke Lane, on the left when traveling south. |
| | (preface)
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m75541) HM |
| On Charlotte Highway (U.S. 74) near Ager Lane, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Established in 1834 to
serve travelers crossing
Hickory Nut Gap. In
continuous service until
1909. House stands 300
yards south. — — Map (db m57303) HM |
| On Smokey Park Highway (U.S. 19/23). |
| | The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, camped near-by along Hominy Creek. — — Map (db m17094) HM |
| On Old U.S. 70 E, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Southern troops turned back Stoneman's U.S. cavalry, raiding through western North Carolina, at Swannanoa Gap, near here, April 20, 1865. — — Map (db m55830) HM |
| On Yates Avenue near Kitazuma Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Used by Indians and
pioneers in crossing
Blue Ridge. General
Rutherford's expedition
against Cherokee passed
here, September, 1776. — — Map (db m57036) HM |
| On Yates Avenue near Old U.S. 70, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Stoneman's Raid
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m55971) HM |
| On Yates Avenue at Royal Gorge Road, on the right when traveling north on Yates Avenue. |
| | Longest (1,800 ft.) of 7
on railroad between
Old Fort and Asheville.
Constructed by convict
labor, 1877-79.
West entrance 300 yds. S.E. — — Map (db m56855) HM |
| On Tunnel Road (U.S. 70) near Warren Wilson Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Founded in 1894 by the Presbyterian Church as Asheville Farm School. A four-year college since 1966. 1½ mi. E. — — Map (db m57301) HM |
| On Reems Creek Road (State Highway 1003), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Here were born two notable Buncombe County brothers, Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) and Robert Brank Vance (1828-1899).
Zebulon Vance was a Whig and supporter of the Union who opposed secession until the last moment. At the outbreak of war in . . . — — Map (db m23138) HM |
| Near Blue Ridge Parkway. Reported unreadable. |
| | People have built vacation homes in the Southern Appalachians for centuries. The beautiful scenery, cool mountain breezes, and abundant wildlife make these mountains a favorite summer destination. Rattlesnake Lodge served as one of these early . . . — — Map (db m140151) HM |
| On Merrimon Avenue (Business U.S. 19/23) near Brown Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Founded as Weaverville College, 1873; Methodist, coeducational. In 1934 merged with Rutherford to form Brevard College. Campus was one block W. — — Map (db m55842) HM |
| | Governor, 1862 - 5, 1877 - 9;
U.S. Senator, 1879 - 94.
Birthplace 6 Miles Northeast. — — Map (db m22782) HM |
| On Haywood Road (State Highway 19/23) west of Jarrett Street. |
| | The west Asheville & Sulphur springs electric railway ran from the springs to Government Street, at what is now Pritchard Park
Fare 5¢ — — Map (db m17055) HM |
| On Haywood Rd (State Highway 191) at Euclid Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Haywood Rd. |
| | First electric trolley
system in N.C. opened,
Feb. 1, 1889, bolstering
regional tourism. Served
train depot 1/4 mile S.E. — — Map (db m17058) HM |
| Near Riverside Road (State Highway 251) 0.3 miles south of Old Leicester Highway (County Road 1002), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | A boys' military school, operated by Robert Bingham, 1891-1928. Moved from Mebane. Campus was 1 mile S.W. — — Map (db m97523) HM |
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