view gallery NE6.3 km | McDonald's -- Burnsville, NC in McDonald's Restaurants The Burnsville, NC McDonald's. posted by: papermanone & catlover location: North Carolina date approved: 01/02/2007 last visited: 07/10/2007 |
view gallery NE6.4 km | Yancey Theater - Burnsville, North Carolina in Vintage Movie Theaters The Yancey Movie Theater located in Burnsville, North Carolina posted by: Rivers End location: North Carolina date approved: 09/21/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery NE6.4 km | John Wesley McElroy House - Burnsville NC in Wikipedia Entries The John Wesley McElroy House is a historic house museum in Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. The vernacular Federal-Greek Revival style house, which was built in the 1840s, is on the National Register of Historic Places. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/10/2023 last visited: 04/10/2023 |
view gallery NE6.4 km | Burnsville-"The county is gone up" - Burnsville NC in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Burnsville exemplified western North Carolinians’ divided loyalties. Yancey County was evenly split on the secession issue. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/17/2020 last visited: 10/08/2021 |
view gallery NE6.4 km | McElroy, John Wesley, House - Burnsville NC in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The John Wesley McElroy House is a historic house museum in Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. The vernacular Federal-Greek Revival style house, which was built in the 1840s, is on the National Register of Historic Places. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/12/2023 last visited: 04/10/2023 |
view gallery NE6.4 km | Rush Wray Museum of Yancey County History - Burnsville NC in History Museums The museum is located in the McElroy House, a Georgian style home built in the 1840’s by local businessman John Wesley McElroy. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/10/2023 last visited: 04/10/2023 |
view gallery NE6.4 km | Burnsville-"The county is gone up" - Burnsville NC in U.S. Civil War Sites Burnsville exemplified western North Carolinians’ divided loyalties. Yancey County was evenly split on the secession issue. In January 1861, secession advocates in the town square burned an effigy of Cong. Zebulon B. Vance. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/10/2023 last visited: 04/10/2023 |
view gallery NE6.4 km | Engagement in Burnsville - Burnsville NC in Battlefields On April 10, 1864, McElroy reported, a band of 75 local renegades under Montraville Ray “came into Burnsville… surprised the guard, broke open the magazine, and took all the arms and ammunition. …The county is gone up. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/12/2023 last visited: 04/10/2023 |
view gallery NE6.4 km | John Wesley McElroy House - Burnsville NC in People-Named Places John Wesley McElroy was a local businessman and lawyer, and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army. The House is a historic house museum in Burnsville. It was built in the 1840s, is on the National Register of Historic Places. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/12/2023 last visited: 04/11/2023 |
view gallery NE6.4 km | McElroy House - Burnsville NC in Field Hospitals John W. McElroy constructed this house about 1845. He lived here until late in the 1850s but used the dwelling during the war. According to local tradition, after the April 1864 engagement in Burnsville, the house served as a hospital. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/12/2023 last visited: 04/10/2023 |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Wizard of OZ Mural,Burnsville, NC in Murals Located on Academy St in Burnsville NC posted by: CoinsAndPins location: North Carolina date approved: 08/26/2007 last visited: 08/20/2014 |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Town Hall Clock - Burnsville, NC in Town Clocks The town clock is on centrally located on the Palladian styled Burnsville Town Hall, built in 1908 as the Yancey County Courthouse posted by: arby101ca location: North Carolina date approved: 08/28/2012 last visited: 08/20/2014 |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Burnsville, North Carolina in City and Town Halls The Burnsville Town hall is now located in the historic 1908 courthouse, registered in the US Registry of Historical Places, 79001767. The building was renovated for use as the town office when the new Yancey County Courthouse was built in 1978. posted by: arby101ca location: North Carolina date approved: 08/28/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Yancey County Courthouse - Burnsville, NC in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Yancey County Courthouse registered as #79001767 is now the Burnsville NC Town Hall. A new courthouse was built at the southeast corner of the town square in 1968. posted by: arby101ca location: North Carolina date approved: 08/28/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Citizens Bank Building - Burnsville, NC in U.S. National Register of Historic Places There are several historic buildings on the town square of Burnsville, NC, including the Citizens Bank Building, Circa 1925, # 90000545 in the Registry. posted by: arby101ca location: North Carolina date approved: 08/28/2012 last visited: 08/20/2014 |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Citizens Bank Quilt Block, Burnsville, NC in Painted Barn Quilts On the front of the historic Citizens Bank Building is an attractive painted quilt block in a "Rose" pattern. This building facing the town square in Burnsville has recently served as the Yancey County Public Library but is currently vacant. posted by: arby101ca location: North Carolina date approved: 08/30/2012 last visited: 08/20/2014 |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Nu-Wray Inn -- Burnsville, NC in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Nu-Wray Inn in Burnsville, NC. posted by: papermanone & catlover location: North Carolina date approved: 01/02/2007 last visited: 01/01/2007 |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Burnsville Main St Roundabout Mural in Murals Located on the side of a shopping building. posted by: CoinsAndPins location: North Carolina date approved: 08/26/2007 last visited: 08/17/2012 |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Otway Burns, Burnsville, North Carolina in Statues of Historic Figures Otway Burns was an American privateer along the coast of The Carolinas during the War of 1812 and later, a North Carolina State Senator. In 1909, a statue of Burns was placed in the town square at Burnsville, North Carolina. posted by: Rose Red location: North Carolina date approved: 10/18/2008 last visited: 08/20/2014 |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Yancey Collegiate Institute N 27 in North Carolina Historical Markers This marker is located in downtown Burnsville, NC. posted by: papermanone & catlover location: North Carolina date approved: 01/02/2007 last visited: 07/10/2007 |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Yancey County War Memorial, Burnsville NC in Non-Specific Veteran Memorials The memorial for Yancey County residents who died in 20th century wars, WW I, WW II, Korea and Viet Nam is in front of the Yancey County Courthouse. The memorial is an obelisk, about 12 ft high. with names on all four sides. posted by: arby101ca location: North Carolina date approved: 09/01/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Memorial Obelisk, Burnsville NC in Obelisks In front of the Yancey County Courthouse is an obelisk, about 12 ft high. This is a war memorial for Yancey County residents who died in 20th century wars, WW I, WW II, Korea and Viet Nam. posted by: arby101ca location: North Carolina date approved: 08/28/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Yancey County Courthouse, Burnsville NC in Courthouses The Yancey County Courthouse at the southeast corner of the town square is the county seat and courthouse. This is a relatively new courthouse, built in 1968 to replace the historic courthouse built in 1908. The old courthouse is now the town hall. posted by: arby101ca location: North Carolina date approved: 08/29/2012 last visited: 05/18/2013 |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Courthouse Steps Quilt, Burnsville NC in Painted Barn Quilts Above the entrance to the Yancey County Courthouse in Burnsville is a fine quilt block. The pattern is appropriate, "Courthouse Steps" posted by: arby101ca location: North Carolina date approved: 08/28/2012 last visited: 05/18/2013 |
view gallery NE6.6 km | Cross and Crown Quilt Block, Burnsville NC in Painted Barn Quilts On Higgins Memorial Methodist Church is a Painted Barn Quilt Block with a pattern called Cross and Crown. This is one of over 200 quilt patterns on the Quilt Block Trail of North Carolina. posted by: arby101ca location: North Carolina date approved: 09/01/2012 last visited: 08/20/2014 |
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