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11951
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The Bostick Schoolhouse, built in 1880, is Richmond County's oldest school building and the only surviving one-room school. After restoration, the school was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
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17288
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Old Fort, in western McDowell County was the site of Davidson's Fort, built in 1776 as a defense against the Cherokee and as colonial American's westernmost outpost at the time. It became a major train depot in the late 1880s and has been reopened as a Railroad Museum and visitors center.
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Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church, located on the Richmond-Montgomery County line near Ellerbe in central North Carolina, was organized in 1776 by the Rev. John Bethune. Mount Carmel is 11th on the Presbyterian Church in America list of its 50 oldest churches.
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30851
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The Randolph County Country Store appears to have been around since the 1930s, but was built in 1977 by Darrell Bullins, a collector and restorer of things past. He salvaged and collected all the building materials at auctions and from homes or buildings that were being demolished. Some of the items include original gas pumps, signs, and bank ledgers from the first bank in the county.
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30862
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The Hamlet passenger station was built in 1990 for the Seaboard Airline Railroad and is the only Victorian Queen Anne passenger station in North Carolina. Because of its history and unique architecture, the depot is known nationally and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. To preserve the depot, the city of Hamlet and the North Carolina Department of Transportation relocated and renovated the station.
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30869
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The Shiloh Methodist Church is located near Troy in Montgomery County, North Carolina. There are no records when the first congregation was organized, but it is believed that in 1836 a log church was moved to this location from Shiloh Springs. In 1883 a new building was constructed and the old log building was used for a school.
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31002
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In January 1881, Thomas Benson Ledbetter purchased one-hundred acres and with his nephew, John Steel Ledbetter, as a partner, built South Union Mills in Rockingham, North Carolina. It was in operation until 1894 when the mill burned due to a lightning strike. The mill was rebuilt as Ledbetter Manufacturing Company, sold to Parsons Manufacturing in 1979, and later renovated into today’s upscale Carolyn’s Mill Condominiums.
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20898
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Dr. Francis J. Kron was born in Prussia in 1798, married in Paris in 1823, and later came with his wife to her uncle's home in Montgomery County. They set up housekeeping in 1834 on land that is now Morrow Mountain State Park in Stanly County. He was as famous for his flowers and vegetables as he was for his medical practice.
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30742
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Two of the remaining covered bridges in North Carolina are the Pisgah Covered Bridge in Randolph County and the Bunker Hill Covered Bridge in Catawba County. This article provides the history of the two bridges, and perspectives of local artists and photographers.
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