Mount Airy, North Carolina is known for a lot of things. Foremost in my mind, it’s been the site of a massive granite quarry for over 160 years. A quarry that is actually the largest open-faced granite quarry on the planet, even being visible from space. Stone from there has found its way into cities,Continue reading “The Nude Rider of Mount Airy”
Author Archives: Abandoned NC
Tales From Ringfire Mountain
On the north end of the little community of Osbornville in Wilkes county, between Somers Road and Dugger Creek stands a modest little mountain. Despite rising to only 1400 feet above sea level, it appears on even the oldest maps of the area I can find. For untold years it has remained a tree coveredContinue reading “Tales From Ringfire Mountain”
Saving the invisible.
For my first post of 2024, I want to draw attention to another NC blogger and specifically her quest to save an important historic property in North Carolina.
The Colored School
This “colored school” served as an elementary and high school for decades in the community where it is located.I’ve found a little bit of information that gives us an idea what it would have been like in 1938 when the original wooden building was in use. A report commissioned by the state tells us attendanceContinue reading “The Colored School”
Crossing At Beaver Creek
I have almost no information about this old bridge site. Aerial photos reveal it was already out of use as early as 1955, and the size of it tends to support that. It was likely a one lane bridge and crossed Beaver Creek on NC Highway 64 between the South Yadkin River and the littleContinue reading “Crossing At Beaver Creek”
Reverend Enoch Gwyn
Enoch Newton “Newt” Gwyn was born in 1836 to Richard and Elizabeth (Hunt) Gwyn in Elkin, North Carolina. He was one of six other children born into that family.Enoch’s father Richard was a well-to-do citizen of Elkin and had some stake in the textiles manufacturing that went on there. These would probably later become whatContinue reading “Reverend Enoch Gwyn”
Dust To Dust
The area we are exploring today was never much of a community and never really well populated. Today there are probably even fewer people. But at one time, for an unknown period of time, there was a church here. When it started, when it ended, and when it was destroyed or removed is not clear.Continue reading “Dust To Dust”
The Search For Ney Continues…
An update to the investigation into whether a man who died in Davie county might be one of Napoleon’s commanders. Previously I had written about the exhumation of the mysterious teacher by a documentary crew from France who hoped to confirm or refute the old local tale. Well, the results are in. Sort of. WritingContinue reading “The Search For Ney Continues…”
The Old Myers’ Place
The picture at the top of this page is of a house which no longer exists. Likely built in the early 1800s, it stood within the tip of a right angle created by what we today call Somers and Iredell Line roads in Hamptonville, NC. The house either fell or was demolished sometime after theContinue reading “The Old Myers’ Place”
Dr. Solomon Angle. Dentist, Jew, Confederate, Republican.
Dr. Solomon Angle was a Jewish confederate soldier, dentist, republican politician, and local celebrity.