Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
North Carolina - Polk County
Polk County North Carolina has 23 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Blockhouse Site, Green River Plantation and Polk County Courthouse, Bank of Tryon Building and Blackberry Hill.

Several famous people are associated with these Polk County historic places including Joseph McDowell et. al. Carson, Margaret Clukin Banning and Carter Brown.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Polk County places including Ephraim Clayton, Joseph McDowell Carson, George W. Shakelford, William L. Thompson, Reverend John DeWitt McCullough, Russell S. Walcott, Wright J. Gaines, Luther Thompson, Jones Joshua D. and unknown. Prominent architectural styles found in Polk Country are Federal, Colonial Revival and Greek Revival.

Bank of Tryon Building (added 2008 - - #07001408)
Also known as Hester Building, Tryon Daily Bulletin Building
16 N. Trade St. , Tryon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
More Information:
archives document
Blackberry Hill (added 1974 - - #74001372)
Also known as Mills House
E of Tryon on SR 1516 , Tryon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Blockhouse Site (added 1970 - - #70000466)
E of U.S. 176 , Tryon
Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce, Social History
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Fortification, Outdoor Recreation, Road-Related
Current Function:
Unknown
More Information:
archives document
Charlton Leland (added 2006 - - #06000225)
Also known as Saluda Inn, Goelet, Dr. E.B, House
229 Greenville St. , Saluda
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
archives document
Church of the Transfiguration (added 1982 - - #82001301)
Henderson and Charles Sts. , Saluda
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McCullough,Reverend John DeWitt
Architectural Style:
Other, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Downtown Tryon Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000900)
Tryon, Tryon
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1974 AD
Friendly Hills (added 1998 - - #98000731)
Also known as Banning, Margaret Culkin, House
140 Country Club Rd. , Tryon
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Banning, Margaret Clukin
Significant Year:
1936, 1924
Area of Significance:
Literature, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Green River Plantation (added 1974 - - #74001370)
E of Columbus off SR 1005 , Columbus
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Carson,Joseph McDowell
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Carson,Joseph McDowell et. al.
Significant Year:
1807
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Hughes, J. G., House (added 1989 - - #89000347)
Also known as Fieldstone
N. Peak St. , Columbus
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Johnson, John Hiram, House (added 1994 - - #94000005)
Address Restricted , Saluda
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Jones, Rev. Joshua D., House (added 1991 - - #91001476)
NC 1526 S side, 0.4 mi. from NC 108 , Mill Spring
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Lynncote (added 2010 - - #10000604)
3318 Lynn Rd, Tryon
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Mill Farm Inn (added 2009 - - #08001366)
701 Harmon Field Rd. , Tryon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Walcott, Russell S.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Secondary Structure
More Information:
archives document
Mills-Screven Plantation (added 1983 - - #83001904)
Also known as Hilltop
NE of Tryon on SR 1509 , Tryon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Pine Crest Inn (added 1982 - - #82003500)
Pine Crest Lane , Tryon
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other, Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Brown,Carter
Significant Year:
1907, 1917, 1906
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital, Hotel, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
archives document
Polk County Courthouse (added 1974 - - #74001371)
Courthouse St. , Columbus
Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Shakelford,George W., Clayton,Ephraim
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
More Information:
archives document
Railway Clerks' Mountain House (added 2000 - - #00000842)
Also known as Clerks' Mountain Home, Mountain Home
US 176, 0.6 mi. Se of jct. with Ozone Rd. , Saluda
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
archives document
Ryder Hall (added 2005 - - #05001033)
305 Seminary St. , Saluda
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Thompson, William L.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Saluda Main Street Historic District (added 1996 - - #96000569)
Main St. from Cullipher St. to Carolina St. , Saluda
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
unknown
Architectural Style:
Stick/Eastlake, Early Commercial, Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Financial Institution, Post Office, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Religion, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Seven Hearths (added 1976 - - #76001333)
N of Tryon at jct. of U.S. 176 and Harmon Field Rd. , Tryon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Stone Hedge (added 2015 - - #15000166)
Tryon, Tryon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949 AD
Sunnydale (added 2011 - - #11000890)
334 S. Trade St., Tryon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
More Information:
archives document
Tryon Country Club (added 2013 - - #12001262)
393 Country Club Rd., Tryon
Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
More Information:
archives document
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