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Roughly W. and E. Franklin between N. Halifax and C and N and N. and S. Main Sts. between Boston and Broad Sts., Mount Pleasant, North Carolina Coordinates 35°24′8″N 80°26′06″W / 35.40222°N 80.43500°W / 35.40222; -80
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 .
The district encompasses six contributing buildings associated with the Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute, also known as Western Carolina Male Academy and North Carolina College. They are the three-story brick Main Building (1854-1855); Greek Revival style President's House; Matthias Barrier house; Society Hall; the Boarding House (1868); and ...
The Society for the Historical Preservation of the 26th North Carolina Troops — which in 2015 paid $138,447 for the repair of the obelisk commemorating Gov. Zebulon Vance — filed the lawsuit.
With Vance Monument gone, as part of reimagining Pack Square Plaza, Asheville council has OK'd an $180,000 contract to begin "Boosting the Block." Asheville OKs $180K contract with Durham-based ...
The N.C. Supreme court heard arguments Nov. 1 in the case challenging removal of a downtown Asheville monument honoring a Confederate-era governor.
Mount Pleasant is a town located in eastern Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 1,652. [4] The town center is located at the crossroads of Mount Pleasant Road and North Carolina Highway 73. NC Highway 49 skirts the town to the north on its way from Charlotte to Asheboro.
In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records. [ 10 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Sloop Point plantation in Pender County, built in 1729, is the oldest surviving plantation house and the second oldest house surviving in North Carolina, after the Lane House (built in 1718–1719 and not part of a plantation).