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|   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 gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 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 |
 view gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 km |  Yancey Times Journal - Burnsville,NC
in Newspaper Headquarters The Yancey County Common Times Journal is a weekly local newspaper published in Burnsville NC posted by: arby101ca location: North Carolina date approved: 09/05/2012 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 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 gallerySE8.5 km |  Quilt Block Sundial, Burnsville NC
in Sundials The Quilt Block Sundial is unique, the first sundial based on a quilt block design pattern. This is one of over 150 Quilt Block designs painted on buildings on the Quilt Trails of Western North Carolina. posted by: arby101ca location: North Carolina date approved: 07/06/2010 last visited: 08/20/2014 |
 view gallerySE8.5 km | Sundial Quilt Block, Burnsville NC in Painted Barn Quilts On the Times Journal building in Burnsville is a unique Quilt Block Sundial. This is a highlight of the Western North Carolina Quilt Block Trail posted by: arby101ca location: North Carolina date approved: 08/31/2012 last visited: 08/20/2014 |
 view gallerySE8.7 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 gallerySE8.7 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 gallerySE8.7 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 gallerySE8.7 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 gallerySE8.7 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 gallerySE8.7 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 |
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