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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Transylvania County, North Carolina
Adjacent to Transylvania County, North Carolina
▶ Haywood County (34) ▶ Henderson County (74) ▶ Jackson County (9) ▶ Greenville County, South Carolina (308) ▶ Oconee County, South Carolina (63) ▶ Pickens County, South Carolina (116)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 422.4), 0.9 miles north of Lake Logan Road (State Highway 215), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Commercial logging and devastating wildfires scarred the forests of America in the early decades of the 1900s. To repair the damage, the United States Forest Service began the "Penny Pine" program in the 1930s, encouraging people to donate a penny . . . — — Map (db m123299) HM |
| Near U.S. 276 0.5 miles south of Yellow Gap Road. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m43545) HM |
| Near U.S. 276 0.4 miles south of Yellow Gap Road. |
| | The clang of a hammer on iron and the acrid scent of coal smoke were commonplace at the Biltmore Forest School. Two blacksmiths, each with their own business 14 miles away in Brevard, took turns working here. Not only did the horses require shoes . . . — — Map (db m43798) HM |
| On Asheville Hwy (U.S. 276). |
| | Methodist. Opened 1934 on campus of Brevard Institute after merger of Rutherford College (est. 1853) and Weaver College (est. 1873). — — Map (db m12483) HM |
| On U.S. 276 at Government Road (Road 475) on U.S. 276. |
| | CCC camps were established as a New Deal relief measure. Camp John Rock, among first, operated here, 1933-36. — — Map (db m43543) HM |
| On Asheville Hwy (U.S. 276) at N. French Broad St. on Asheville Hwy. |
| | Erected by WPA in 1936-7 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places
By The United States Department of the Interior 1994 — — Map (db m12482) HM |
| Near U.S. 276 0.4 miles south of Yellow Gap Road. |
| | Each day before heading to the woods, Biltmore Forest School students stopped at the commissary for a quick lunch that might have included hoop cheese, pork and beans, or canned peaches. The open area around the store was a great place to play . . . — — Map (db m43546) HM |
| On Greenville Hwy (U.S. 276) at Walnut Hollow Road (North Carolina Highway 1103) on Greenville Hwy. |
| | Site of
Conestee
legendary lost setttlement of the ancient Cherokee Nation visited by British troops in 1725
Disappeared 1777 — — Map (db m12448) HM |
| Near Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 422.4), on the right when traveling north. |
| | The bare rock profile named Devil's Courthouse is sinister in appearance and legend. Its "devilish" look has contributed to the many folk tales surrounding this mountain.
Within the mountain is a cave where, legend claims, the devil holds . . . — — Map (db m70413) HM |
| Near U.S. 276 0.5 miles south of Yellow Gap Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In the days before Vanderbilt bought this land, families drove the cattle, pigs, geese and turkeys they raised in these mountains along this road to the market in Greenville and Charleston, SC. The main link with the outside world, this road came up . . . — — Map (db m44222) HM |
| On Greenville Hwy (Route 276). |
| | Near this location
the first meeting of
Dunn's Rock Masonic
Lodge No.267
A.F.& A.M.
was held in stone building
August 4, 1867
Date of Charter
December 4, 1867 — — Map (db m12449) HM |
| On Asheville Highway (U.S. 276) west of New Hendersonville Highway (U.S. 64). |
| | Trading route between mountain settlements of the Cherokee and their town Estatoe, in what is now South Carolina, passed nearby. — — Map (db m12437) HM |
| On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 431), 8 miles south of Lake Logan Road (North Carolina Highway 215), on the left when traveling south. |
| | What killed the trees? The balsam wooly adelgid, a pinhead-size insect native to Europe, is responsible. It began attacking the Fraser fir forests here in the 1970s. The red spruce, unaffected by the adelgid, survives in the midst of this . . . — — Map (db m58934) HM |
| | First U.S. school of forestry, Established 1898 by Dr. C.A. Schenck, chief forester, Biltmore estate. Location until 1909 was nearby. — — Map (db m11722) HM |
| Near U.S. 276 0.4 miles south of Yellow Gap Road. |
| | Dr. Schenck told new arrivals to the forestry school “find yourself a place to stay.” Many did so in the cabins left by settlers after Vanderbilt purchased their land. Students gave their cabins playful names such as “Gnat . . . — — Map (db m43988) HM |
| On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 431), 8 miles south of Lake Logan Road (North Carolina Highway 215), on the left when traveling south. |
| | 6053 Ft. Highest elevation Blue Ridge Parkway Motor Road. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service — — Map (db m58933) HM |
| On E Main Street at South Broad St. on E Main Street. |
| | [Freedom side of marker]:
In honor and memory of those from Transylvania County who Sacrificed their lives in the Defense of Our Country
Vietnam
Milton Goldsmith Joe D. Hudson Reginald W. Lynch Victor G. McCall Weldon B. . . . — — Map (db m80478) WM |
| On U.S. 276 1.7 miles north of National Forest 475 Road. |
| | What good was a high windswept ridge beyond its obvious scenic beauty? Dr. Carl Schenck, who managed 80,000 acres of George W. Vanderbilt's Pisgah Forest between 1895 and 1909, tried raising livestock! In 1902, Schenck spent $25 on a goat fence on . . . — — Map (db m43790) HM |
| Near Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 417), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Like a gigantic mirror, Looking Glass Rock reflects a dazzle of sunlight when water collects on its granite face. This display is especially spectacular in winter when the water turns to ice.
Looking Glass Rock is a pluton formed by underground . . . — — Map (db m70420) HM |
| Near U.S. 276 0.4 miles south of Yellow Gap Road. |
| | You may never go to the moon but, if you touch this tree you will be touching something that has. When Stuart Roosa, a former Forest Service smoke jumper, served as an astronaut on the Apollo XIV mission he wanted to take something along to honor . . . — — Map (db m43548) HM |
| On Greenville Hwy (U.S. 276) at Solomon Jones Road on Greenville Hwy. |
| | (Side A) North Carolina
Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled C. 1650; First to vote Readiness for Independence. Apr. 12 1776 (Side B)
South Carolina
Formed in 1712 from part of . . . — — Map (db m12434) HM |
| Near U.S. 276 0.4 miles south of Yellow Gap Road. |
| | Constructed in 1882, by Hiram King this large, two-story home was purchased by George W. Vanderbilt to house his rangers. Ranger George Gillespie and his family boarded eight forestry students in the rooms upstairs. For two meals each day, Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m43793) HM |
| Near U.S. 276 0.4 miles south of Yellow Gap Road. |
| | To the “mountaineers”, or people who lived around the Pisgah Forest, these lands were theirs to log, pasture, hunt and moonshine as they had for years. In an effort to convince them otherwise, Schenck installed rangers in lodges at . . . — — Map (db m43795) HM |
| Near U.S. 276 0.5 miles south of Yellow Gap Road. |
| | In 1906 a horse was basic equipment for a forestry student. Dr. Schenck expected his students to be on time for classes and that often meant they arrived at a gallop. After a morning spent in textbook learning' it was out to the field for some . . . — — Map (db m43792) HM |
| On E Main Street (U.S. 276) near St. Phillips Lane. |
| | The first recorded Episcopal service in what is now Transylvania County was June 5, 1856. St Pauls-in-the-Valley (2.5 miles south) was organized soon after and a church constructed. After the Civil War, the parish was reorganized in Brevard as St. . . . — — Map (db m12439) HM |
| Near Brevard College near N. Broad Street (U.S. 276). |
| | Cast on January 29, 1841
These Bricks and the Hand-hewn Beams Were a Part of The Weaver College Administration Building Which was Constructed in Weaverville, North Carolina 1872 — — Map (db m12484) HM |
| On E Main Street (U.S. 276) at E .Main St & N .Broad St (U.S. 276&64) on E Main Street. |
| | First Transylvania County Courthouse
Built in 1866-wood frame building
Brick Courthouse and County Jail Begun in 1879 and completed in 1881
Courthouse expanded and New jail constructed in 1920. Courthouse and Jail Building Renovated in 1983 . . . — — Map (db m12488) HM |
| On Greenville Hwy (U.S. 276) at Poplar Gap Road on Greenville Hwy. |
| | A boundary dispute in 1804 between N.C. & Ga. led to armed conflict. Militia called out after constable John Havner was killed ½ mile E. — — Map (db m12438) HM |
| Near U.S. 276 0.5 miles south of Yellow Gap Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Students were responsible for doing their own laundry. Everyone,including Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Case, came here on washday. Clothes were boiled in a kettle over an open fire using “Octagon” soap from the commissary or homemade soap if . . . — — Map (db m44224) HM |
| On Brevard College near N. Broad Street (U.S. 276). |
| | in Memory of Weaver College 1872-1933
Weaverville, North Carolina Dedicated April 3, 1992 — — Map (db m12486) HM |
| On Asheville Highway (State Highway 280) 0.2 miles north of Pisgah Highway (U.S. 276), on the left when traveling north. |
| | This was the home of William Deaver and his wife, Margaret Patton Deaver. It was the scene of a tragic shooting in February 1865, a consequence of the tumult that the Civil War created among North Carolinians.
When the war began, a few . . . — — Map (db m75478) HM |
| Near Pisgah Highway (U.S. 276) 0.4 miles south of Yellow Gap Road. |
| | Local handyman Judson Meece converted an abandoned barn into a fine office for Dr. Schenck. While Eleanor Ketchum, his secretary, and Dan Marshall, the bookkeeper were busy in the front office, Dr Schenck prepared his lectures, graded papers and . . . — — Map (db m43794) HM |
| On Rosman Highway (U.S. 64) at Morgan Mill Road (North Carolina Highway 1331) on Rosman Highway. |
| | U.S.Senator, 1873-79;
Chief Justice of State
Supreme Court, 1889-92.
Birthplace was 1 mi. E. — — Map (db m20987) HM |
| On Chestnut Street (U.S. 178) at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Chestnut Street. |
| | Trading route between mountain settlements of the Cherokee and their town Estatoe, in what is now South Carolina, passed nearby. — — Map (db m56240) HM |
| On U.S. 64 0.1 miles south of Pickens Highway (U.S. 178), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Station opened 4 mi. NW 1963 to track satellites & manned space flights. Collected data for Dept. of Defense, 1982-1995
North Carolina Office of Archives and History 2016 — — Map (db m133612) HM |
| On Main Street at Pickens Highway (U.S. 178), on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Lost industry in western N.C. Bark used to process animal hides to make leather goods. Joseph Silversteen operated one here from 1901 to 1958. — — Map (db m70761) HM |
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