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The Vance Monument was a late 19th-century granite obelisk in Asheville, North Carolina, that memorialized Zebulon Vance, a former North Carolina governor from the area. [1] The monument was designed by architect Richard Sharp Smith and was an "iconic landmark" and key structure in the Downtown Asheville Historic District .
This is a list of structures, sites, districts, and objects on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina: . As of May 1, 2015, there are more than 2,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 100 North Carolina counties, including 39 National Historic Landmarks, two National Historic Sites, one National Military Park, one National ...
The Monroe Residential Historic District is a national historic district located at Monroe, Union County, North Carolina.It encompasses 376 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 4 contributing objects in a predominantly residential section of Monroe.
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building: May 15, 1975 : Durham: Durham: 1921 commercial building; second headquarters of a major black-owned insurance company. 27: NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA
The life-size statue depicts Gandhi, known as Mahatma, meaning holy one or sage, holding a walking stick, wearing glasses, sandals, a loincloth and shawl. It weighs 5 tons, including its base.
It is created by using small lightweight EPS balls (sometimes called Styrofoam) as an aggregate instead of the crushed stone that is used in regular concrete. [3] It is not as strong as stone-based concrete mixes, but has other advantages such as increased thermal and sound insulation properties, easy shaping and ability to be formed by hand ...
Durham’s comprehensive plan calls for multi-generational living instead of age-restricted communities. But the state’s tax credit framework allows fewer parking spaces per person if the units ...
The Randolph County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina. It was designed by Wheeler, Runge & Dickey and built in 1908–1909. It is a three-story, Classical Revival-style yellow brick building with a hipped roof. It features a powerful Second Empire dome clad in ribbed tile and front portico.