National Register of Historic Places - North Carolina (NC), Mitchell County

Mitchell County North Carolina has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Dellinger Mill and Mitchell County Courthouse, Church of the Resurrection, Downtown Spruce Pine Historic District and Gunter Building.

Several famous people are associated with these Mitchell County historic places including John N. Peterson and Lucy Morgan.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Mitchell County places including D.R. Beeson, Adlai Osborne, Van Wageningen & Cothran, Dave Greene, John N. Peterson and Charlie Mitchell. Prominent architectural styles found in Mitchell Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival and Colonial Revival.

Church of the Resurrection (added 1999 - - #99000272)

302 High Ridge Rd. , Little Switzerland

Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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Dellinger Mill (added 1998 - - #98001385)

S side of Cane Creek Rd., just W of jct. with NC 1239 , Hawk

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Work In Progress

More Information:

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Downtown Spruce Pine Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000855)

Roughly bounded by Oak Ave., Locust St., Topaz St., and NC 226 , Spruce Pines

Mojo Hand, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Department Store, Restaurant, Road-Related, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Professional, Rail-Related, Restaurant, Specialty Store

More Information:

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Gunter Building (added 2002 - - #02000112)

288 Oak Ave. , Spruce Pine

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Greene, Dave, Mitchell, Charlie

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store

Current Function:

Work In Progress

More Information:

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Mitchell County Courthouse (added 1979 - - #79001736)

Main St. , Bakersville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

More Information:

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Penland Post Office and General Store (added 2012 - - #12000214)

1162 Penland Rd., Penland

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Communications, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

More Information:

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Penland School Historic District (added 2003 - - #03001270)

Also known as Penland School of Crafts; Appalachian School, Seven Springs Industrial School

NC 1164 (Conley Ridge Rd.) , Penland

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Van Wageningen & Cothran, Beeson, D.R.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Morgan, Lucy

Significant Year:

1929, 1938

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Other

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Educational Related Housing, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Educational Related Housing, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Peterson, John N., Farm (added 1990 - - #90001859)

E side of SR 1321 just N of jct. with SR 1322 , Poplar

Kfboone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Peterson,John N.

Architectural Style:

Other, Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Peterson,John N.

Significant Year:

1879

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Other

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Other

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Willis, Henry, House (added 1988 - - #88001051)

Also known as Ehle House

SR 1164 , Penland

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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