Historical Markers and War Memorials in Transylvania County, North Carolina
Brevard is the county seat for Transylvania County
Adjacent to Transylvania County, North Carolina
Haywood County(47) ► Henderson County(79) ► Jackson County(26) ► Greenville County, South Carolina(378) ► Oconee County, South Carolina(78) ► Pickens County, South Carolina(148) ►
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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
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
Methodist. Opened 1934 on campus of Brevard Institute after merger of Rutherford College (est. 1853) and Weaver College (est. 1873). — — Map (db m12483) HM
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
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
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
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
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
Trading route between mountain settlements of the Cherokee and their town Estatoe, in what is now South Carolina, passed nearby. — — Map (db m12437) HM
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
By 1900, everything you see here was part of George W. Vanderbilt's estate that he called "Pisgah Forest." In 1912, Vanderbilt sold timber harvest rights on 69,326 acres to Louis Carr for $12 an acre. Carr built 75 miles of railroad to haul the . . . — — Map (db m183165) HM
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
[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
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
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
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
North Carolina. Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled C. 1650; First to vote Readiness for Independence. Apr. 12 1776
South Carolina. Formed in 1712 from part of Carolina, which was chartered . . . — — Map (db m12434) HM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1912 — — Map (db m187477) HM
Built 1915 as
The Moltz Mansion
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m187486) HM
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
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
In Loving Memory of those who
made the Supreme Sacrifice
for their Country
D. Monroe Wilson Boyd Wiley Ross Thomas Joseph Turner Brance Lorenzo Glazener Ellis Freeman Barton Scott Doggin Buford Raines — — Map (db m215138) WM
Erected by citizens
of
Transylvania County, N.C.
To honor its men who served
in the
1917 World War 1919
for Honor, Home and Humanity — — Map (db m215136) WM
Trading route between mountain settlements of the Cherokee and their town Estatoe, in what is now South Carolina, passed nearby. — — Map (db m56240) HM
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
