Watauga County Historic Architecture Survey: Blowing Rock, 1988-1989

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Descriptive Summary Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection Center for Appalachian Studies Watauga County Historical Site Survey Records, 1880 - 1991(1987-1989 bulk) 112 Material in English 5.5 15 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. The Watauga County, North Carolina Historical Site Project was a Watauga County architectural study of older houses, churches, stores, barns and schools conducted by students and volunteers. Between 1988 and 1990, workers surveyed Watauga County's architecture to record buildings of historic and architectural significance. Most buildings were identified by current or historically significant owners. Standard entries contain a completed inventory form and several photograph proofs of the building's interior and exterior. The Watauga County maps which the surveyors used are also available. The Watauga County, North Carolina Historical Site Records are divided into three series: Series 112A. Project Materials, Series 112B. Historical Sites Files and Series 112C. Maps. Documents measuring over 8" x 14" and the entire Maps Series are stored separately in oversized folders, measuring 31" x 23". These three folders are located in Appalachian Collection Oversize Box 1. An addendum includes the 2003 North Carolina State Historic Preservation grant for Watauga County, North Carolina historic sites. Seven boxes of photographs of houses, outbuildings, interior details, churches, and an outdoor baptismal pool are included. Photographs are not indexed. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

An appointment for research is required. No restrictions to access. No Inter-Library Loan.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Watauga County Historical Site Survey Records, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.

Acquisitions Information

The Watauga County, North Carolina Historical Site Records was transferred from the Center for Appalachian Studies to the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection.

Processing Information

Processed by Kathryn Staley, 1999

Encoded by Kathryn Staley, December, 2004

Historical Note

The historical site inventory was coordinated by Dr. Carl A. Ross, former president of the Watauga County Historical Society and director of the Center of Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University. The Historic Preservation Fund of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources guided and funded this project. Appalachian Studies graduate students Deborah Thompson and Elizabeth Stevens conducted much of the research with the assistance of several volunteers.

Deborah Thompson published Watauga County Historic Architecture Survey: Blowing Rock, 1988-1989 in Watauga County Times ... pastas a result of this work.

Online Catalog Headings Appalachian State University Bethel, North Carolina Center for Appalachian Studies North Carolina- Architecture North Carolina- Churches North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources Ross, Carl Stevens, Elizabeth Thompson, Deborah Watauga County, North Carolina- Architecture Container List Series 112A. Project Materials, (1880-1991).

Research Notes/Files Subseries consists of community resources, publications, newspaper articles, and an inventory list of photographs and lost photographs. Several written overviews of Watauga County architecture, especially that of Blowing Rock and Boone, are included. Also enclosed is a significant amount of information regarding Boone resident E.F. Lovill, including photocopies of related 1880 documents.

Administrative Files Subseries consists of administrative papers such as correspondence, minutes payroll, personnel, and contracts.

Research Notes/Files Subseries. 1 1 Architectural Elements Barbara Moberg Survey, 1976 Blowing Rock Property List 1 2 Buildings Information Butler Historic Preservation Committee, 1988 1 3 Contacts for Future Research in Watauga County Instructions for Completing North Carolina Historic Structures Data 1 4 National Register Nominations Copies: Fact Sheet National Register Nomination Information 1 5 National Register Nomination Information Other Watauga County Studies Requesting Information 1 6 Other Watauga County Studies Requesting Information Overviews of Categories of Pascals Phase I Parcel 1. Bethel 1 7 Parcel 1. Bethel Parcel 2. Sugar Grove, Sherwood Vilas Parcel 3. Mabel, Zionville Parcel 4. Meat Camp, Howard's Creek Parcel 5. New River Parcel 6. Stoney Fork, Triplett, Deep Gap 1 8 Parcel 7. Shulls Mills, Aho, Bamboo Parcel 8. Matney, Rominger, Kellersville, Greater Valle Crucis Parcel 9. 1 9 Parcel 9. 1 10 Parcel 9. 1 11 Parcel 9. 2 1 Photograph Field Notes 2 2 Photograph Field Notes Printed Materials: Watauga County 2 3 Printed Materials: Watauga County 2 4 Printed Materials: Watauga County 2 5 Printed Materials: Watauga County 2 6 Register of Historical Places Information 2 7 Register of Historical Places Information 2 8 Watauga County Architectural Survey, 1987-1988 2 9 Watauga County Architectural Survey, 1987-1988 2 10 Watauga County Architectural Survey, 1988-1989 Watauga County Architectural Survey, Fall 1988-1990 (Budget Information) 2 11 Watauga County Architectural Surveys, 1989-1990 (Publicity) 3 1 Watauga County General Watauga County Historic Building Inventory, 1985-1986 3 2 Watauga County Historic Building Inventory, 1985-1986 3 3 Watauga County Historic Building Inventory, 1985-1986 Watauga County Phase I Essay and Notes 3 4 Watauga County Phase I Essay and Notes 3 5 Watauga County Secondary Roads 3 6 Windshield Survey Copies 3 7 Windshield Survey Copies 3 8 Windshield Survey Copies 3 9 Windshield Survey Copies 3 10 Windshield Survey Rough Drafts 3 11 Windshield Survey Rough Drafts 3 12 Windshield Survey Rough Drafts 3 13 Windshield Survey Rough Drafts Administrative Files Subseries. 1 1 Budget and Administration: Notes, etc. Budget: Phase II 1 2 Check Stubs and Travel Forms 1 3 Contracts and Business Papers 1 4 Contracts and Business Papers 1 5 Contracts and Business Papers 1 6 Hours and Mileage: WCHSS Notes from Meetings 1 7 Notes from Meetings Volunteers Series 112B. Historical Sites Files, (1988-1989).

Surveyable Sites Subseries onsists of buildings which qualified under the criteria as historic. These papers usually include photographs as well as historical and architectural information about each building. Road names referenced in these documents are the former state road naming system. Maps found in Series 112C include the former naming schema.

This subseries generated two linear feet of photographs. Photographs are housed separately within a cold storage unit. Please allow additional time to allow the photograph to adjust to room temperature.

Unsurveyable Sites Subseries consists of buildings which were disqualified as historic under the project's criteria. This subseries generated two linear inches of photographs.

Surveyable Sites Subseries. 1 1 Beaver Dam Baptist Church Beaver Dam Cheese Factory Beaver Dam Supply Company Bethel Baptist Church Bethel Cheese Factory Willard and Janie Dishman House James Eggers House Burt Farthing House Rev. Ed Farthing House Hattie Farthing House Henry Farthing House Irene Farthing House 1 2 Louis William Farthing House Perry Farthing House Thomas Farthing House Captain William Y. Farthing House Burt Fletcher House Thomas O. Gentsch House Henry Greene House Old Greer/Reese Store Emily Guy Cabin Jasper Hagaman House 1 3 Orville Hagaman House Smith Hagaman House Grover Johnson House Harry Johnson House Hub and Mary Johnson House Smith Johnson House Mamie Millsaps House Ephram Norris House Reese School Asa Reese House 1 4 Dean Reese House Hazel Roark House George Sherrill House John Sherrill House Andrew (Sandy) Smitherman House Jake Snyder House Lee Swift House Andy Tester House Rebecca and Benjamin Tester House Eliah Thompson Cabin Old Roby Vines House Floyd Warren House 1 5 Junior Warren House Alexander Wilson House Jefferson Wilson House Lemuel Wilson House Raleigh Dean Wilson Barn Roby Wilson House Blowing Rock Folders and Maps: Edith Ausley House (Former) Bank of Blowing Rock Pat and Patsy Beard Cottage (Former) Blowing Rock Bus Station (Former) Blowing Rock Hotel Guest Cottages 1 6 (Former) Blowing Rock Hotel Servant Quarters Blowing Rock Methodist Church Blowing Rock School Gym (Former) Blowing Rock Town Hall Boyden Cottage James S. Byrd House Calloway House Jim Cannon House Laura McGill Cannon House 1 7 Martin Cannon House Miramichi-Joe and Annie Cannon House Ross Cannon House Castlebury House (Former) Central Hotel Chestnut Lodge (Former) Church of the Holy Spirit D.P. Coffey House 1 8 Paul and Carol Coffey House Coker House Herman Cone House Laura Cone House Moses Cone House Craig's Grocery Creekside Dr. Eli Crowell House 1 9 Edmisten House Ogden Edwards House Farmhouse Inn Finley House (Former) First Baptist Church Fort House Judge George W. Gage Cottage J.A. Gamewell House Rebecca Snyder Garrison Cottage Geiger House Greg Grana House Grant House (Former) Green Park Inn Horse Barn Green Pastures Greystone Towers 1 10 (Former) Gulf Station John A. Guyton House Hall-Morgan Cottage Hanna Bark Cottage Jane Hanna House Hanna's Oriental Rugs H.R. Hansen House Blue Sky-Clyde Harriss House Doc Hartley House (Former) Hayes Department Store 1 11 Hayes House Hidden Waters C.A.L. Holshouser House H.P. Holshouser House Hughes Carriage House King House Klutz Farm Klutz House Midsummer Knight's Dream 1 12 Joe Lineberger House (Former) Colonel W.J. Martin House Maymont Cottage Mayview Bark Cottage, Lot #54 McGuire House Merlin Glen Mount Bethel United Church of Christ Dave Ovens Guest House Dave Ovens House 2 1 Peoples House Phifer Cottage Phillips House Ragged Garden Inn Jack Rainey House (Former) Randall Memorial Workshop Ransom Street Houses Gregory Reck House R.S. Reinhardt Building Grover Robbins House Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church Saint Mary's of the Hills Episcopal Church Sansusi Schenck Cottage Michael Schenck House A.L. Shuford House Smyth House J. Luther Snyder Lodge 2 2 Springhaven Inn Storie Guest Cottage Storie's Soda Shop Commercial Building Dr. Strickland House Stringfellow - Guess - McAngus House Miss Laura Stringfellow Cottage "Oh My" - Stringfellow Tea House Sunshine Inn Tantieme James Taylor House Triplett House Van Ness House 2 3 Charles G. Vardell House [Photographs are stuck together] Frank Veno House (Former) Village Pharmacy Jack Wagner House (Former) Dr. Warfield House (Former) Watauga Hotel Guest Cottage Wayside Webster House Wecdon House White Property Harriett Williams House 2 4 Vardell Williamson House Yadkin Acres Blowing Rock, Caldwell County: Blowing Rock Gift Shop Charles Cannon House Washington Clark House Hayden Clement House Edward and Lea Coffey House Craig House Chip and Cheryl Dolan House 2 5 Gideon Ridge Inn Dawn Hill - c.v. Henkel House Knox House Sam Kone House Little More Cottage Caldwell McDonald House McDowell Cottage Martin Guest Cottage Martin House 2 6 Much More Cottage Reeves House Shadowlawn Alec Shuford House Silverstone (Former) Eleanor Sykes Cottage C.H. Turner House Boone: Advent Christian Church G.E. Ashley House 2 7 Beckonridge Rooming House Dean Bingham House (Former) Dr. R.K. Bingham House Boone Chapel Methodist Church Boone City Cemetery Boone Downtown Post Office Boone Honda Boone Mennonite Church (Former) Boone Town Hall Colonel W.L. Bryan House 2 8 Bushnell Cabin Carolina Business Machines (Former) Carolina Hotel (Former) Chevrolet Dealership Doris Church House (Former) Dolphus Cook House William Cook House Joseph Davis House South Depot Street Commercial Buildings Dauphin Disco Dougherty Memorial Library William Wallace Dixon Edmisten House Faculty Houses 2 9 Farmers Hardware Store Ed G. Farthing House and Additional Type B Houses (Former) J.C. Goodnight House Walt Gragg House Pearl and Rufus Greene House Gruensfelder House Dr. Hagaman House Rex G. Hagaman House Roy H. Hagaman House Hardin House 2 10 Oscar and Suma Hardin House Wiley Hartzog House Fred Hodges House John W. Hodges, Sr. House Russell Hodges House James E. Holshouser, Sr. House H.W. Horton Building Guy Hunt House (Former) Hunt's Department Store West King Street Commercial Buildings Ruby Lanier House Charlie Lewis House 2 11 Frank A. Linney House (Former) Linney Law Office Captain Edward Francis Lovill House McCracken House McGuire's Beauty Salon Ala McGuire House Maltba House Fred Mast House Howard Miller House W.F. Miller House Miller and Moseley Law Office Dr. George Moose House 2 12 D.G. Moretz House Newland Residence Hall Dr. H.B. Perry House Don Ragan House Rob Rivers House Rivers Printing Company, Inc. Smith - Wright Hall Smithey's Department Store J.L. Storey House Louise Taylor House Tuff - Kote Building Varsity Menswear - Baity's 3 1 (Former) Watauga Consolidated School (Former) Watauga County Bank Building (Former) Watauga County Jail Watauga County Library and Offices (Former) Watauga Handicrafts (Former) Watauga Hospital Herman W. Wilcox House Chapell Wilson Hall Chapell Wilson House Jerry Wilson Rental House I 3 2 Jerry Wilson Rental House II George Winkler House James B. and Carrie Winkler House James L. Winkler Apple Barn W. Ralph Winkler House Valle Crucis: Frank and Wilma Baird Farm Aubyn Farthing House 3 3 Reverend I Harding Hughes House Molly and Billy Mast House W.W. Mast House Mast Store Annex W.W. Mast Tenant House Lucy Mast Olsen House Dr. Perry House Nannie Smith House Edith Taylor House Hard Taylor House and Barn 3 4 Henry Taylor Barns Henry Taylor House "Squire" Taylor House (Former) Valle Crucis Bank Valle Crucis Methodist Church Valle Crucis Mission School Bunk House Valle Crucis Mission School Day School Valle Crucis Mission School Farmhouse Valle Crucis Mission School House Valle Crucis Mission School Main Building 3 5 Valle Crucis Mission School Mission Annex Valle Crucis Mission School Mission House Sarah Wagner House Watauga County: Antioch Baptist Church Lewis Banner Mill Balm Beaver Dam Baptist Church Old Bethel School Bethelview Methodist Church and Cemetery Bingham House Blackburn Chapel Blair Farm (Johnson's House) Blue Ridge Advent Christian Church Boone Fork Baptist Church and Cemetery Daniel Boone Inn (Old Hospital) Bryan House (Miller's House) Carroll House 3 6 Coffey House (Broyhill's House) Coffey-Norris House William Danner House Dobbin House (Miller's House) Ellison-Blackburn Place C. Ray Este's Houses Dave Farthing House (Norris' House) Forest Grove Baptist Church Foscoe Christian Friendship Methodist Church and Cemetery Gragg House Grandfather Store (Marjon's Antiques) Green House Green Building 3 7 Green House (Avery) I.G. Greer House Harbin House (Henson's House) Malden Harmon House (Ayer's House) Haye's House Hicks-Yeats House Holy Communion E.L. Church Jack Horton House John Johnson House (Comb's House) Liberty Baptist Church Old Mabel Methodist Church Mabel School/Church Macbride House (Shook's House) Old Macbride House (log) MacNeil House; Watson House and Blacksmith Shop Meat Camp Baptist Church 3 8 Miller House (Hodge House) Miller Family House Mountain Dale Baptist Church Mount Vernon Baptist Church Norris House Parkway Craft Center (Flat Top Manor) Peaden's House Pleasant Valley Methodist Church Poplar Grove Baptist Church Proffits Grove Missionary Baptist Church Prout Log House Saint John's Episcopal Church and Cemetery Saint John's of Lower Watauga Saint Matthew Episcopal Church 3 9 Saint Matthew's Church Sholl House (Greene's House) James M. Shull House (Leake's House) Silverstone Store Sporn's Barn Sposato's House Stony Fork Church Tabernacle Baptist Church Watt Tester's Barn Thomas House Timbered Ridge Baptist Church Tucker House (Jones House) Tweetsie Railroad Vine House Ward House B.O. Ward House and Mill Tom Ward House 3 10 Ward's Store Waters House Westglow (Elliot Daingerfield House) 3 11 Wilkinson Cabin Willow Valley Baptist Church Wilson House Wilson House Winebarger Mill (Flour) Zionhill Baptist Church Zionville Baptist Church House on Watauga/Ashe County Line Log House near Foscoe House, Barns Log House in Zionville Area 4 1 Advent Christian Church Appalachian Cinema Boone Baptist Church Daniel Boone Hotel 4 2 Daniel Boone Hotel Squire Boone Log Cabin Boone United Methodist Church Coffey House J.C. Councill House Dougherty House Downtown Boone Commercial Buildings Faculty Row 4 3 Farmer's Hardware Store Grace Lutheran Church The Judge L.L. Greene House Hardin House (Council's House) Hardin House (Farthing's House) Historical Homes and Sites Jones House Captain Edward Francis Lovill House Oak Grove Baptist Church Rufty's House Saint Luke's Episcopal Church 4 4 Old School House Shulls Mills School Tatum Cabin Three Forks Baptist Church Old Town Hall, Old Ford Dealership, Farmers Hardware Repair Shop Old Train Depot U.S. Post Office Watauga County Courthouse Watauga County Jail Appalachian State University Campus: Administration Building Annex Daniel Boone Monument Cafeteria B.B. Dougherty Administration Building Dauphin Disco Dougherty Memorial Library Watauga Residence Hall Chapell Wilson Hall 4 5 Valle Crucis: Town of Valle Crucis Baird Farm Church Farm - Indian Grave - Woodland Indian Skeleton Mast Farm Mast General Store Phil Mast House 4 6 Valle Crucis Methodist Church Valle Crucis Mission School and Church of the Holy Cross Unconfirmed "Practical Advice for Conducting Inventories of Historic Resources" Unsurveyable Sites Subseries. 1 1 Robert E. Agle House Old Bethel Store Dr. R. Paul Caudill House Jake Cook House Joe Crawford House James Cruse House Day House Edgar Farthing House Winfield S. Farthing House Forest Grove Missionary Baptist Church 1 2 Marion Grandy House Gragg House Margaret Gragg House Carol Green House Clark Green House Dudley Greene House Laura Hagaman House O. E. Hollars House Bishop Ives Cabin Old Harry Johnson House Walter Johnson House 1 3 Robert Millsaps House John Norris House Randall House C. B. Reese House Jim Sherwood House May Snively House Storie House Cecil and Fannie Swift House Timbered Ridge Baptist Church Attorney Robert West Office Bud Wilson House William Wilson House 1 4 Valle Crucis Vicinity: Aubyn Farthing House and Barn Sarah Wagner House Frank and Wilma Baird House and Log Barn Reverend I. Harding Hughes House "Squire" Taylor House Cruse House Edith Taylor House Old Valle Crucis Bank Church of the Holy Cross J. Dumbell Log House Mast Store Annex Valle Crucis Mission School Valle Crucis Mission School - Mission Annex W. W. Mast House Nannie Smith House Valle Crucis Mission School Apple Barn Dr. Perry House Lucy Mast Olsen House Valle Crucis Mission School - Mission House Valle Crucis Mission School - Farm House Valle Crucis Mission School - Day School Valle Crucis Mission School - Bunk House Valle Crucis Mission School - Main Building Edith Taylor House Old Valle Crucis School House Old Valle Crucis Bank Henry Taylor House Henry Taylor Barns Valle Crucis Methodist Church Lillie Townsend Tenant House Hard Taylor Mollie and Billie Mast House 1 5 Bethel Vicinity: Carol Green House Edgar Farthing House Timbered Ridge Baptist Church Gragg House Jim Sherwood House Jake Cook House Dudley Greene House Bud Wilson House Winfield S. Farthing House Robert Millsaps House Old Bethel Store Clarke Green House Dr. R. Paul Caudill House Walter Johnson House Forest Grove Missionary Baptist Church Old Harry Johnson House William Wilson House C. B. Reese House Laura Hagaman House Cecil and Fannie Swift House 1 6 Watauga County Updated Survey Site Numbers, 2003 Series 112C. Maps, (1941-1991).

The Maps Series consists of maps used by staff to locate and note historic buildings. Many of these maps contain the old state road naming system and does not contain references to their current 911 names.

The Backroads Map of the Blue Ridge (1981) Map of Blowing Rock (n.d.) Map of Elk Mills, Tennessee - North Carolina (1959) Orthophoto Map of Watauga County, North Carolina (1927) Map of Boone, North Carolina (1959/1978) Map of Sherwood, North Carolina - Tennessee (1938/1969) Map of Zionville, North Carolina - Tennessee (1959) Map of Deep Gap, North Carolina (1967) Map of Maple Springs, North Carolina (1966) Map of Todd, North Carolina (1966) Map of Valle Crucis, North Carolina (1960) Map of Watauga County, North Carolina (1986) Map of Grandfather, North Carolina(1960) Map of Blowing Rock (1927) Map of Globe, North Carolina (1959) Map of Zionville, North Carolina - Tennessee (1959) Mayview Manor (hotel) (n.d.) Green Park Hotel (n.d.) Map of Town of Boone Downtown District (1941) Map of Town of Boone Downtown District (Jan 1989) Map of Town of Boone Downtown District (n.d.) Map of Boone, North Carolina (June 1947)