Aberdeen is a town in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 6,350 at the 2010 census.
Little Switzerland is an unincorporated community in McDowell and Mitchell counties of North Carolina, United States. It is located along North Carolina Highway 226A (NC 226A) off the Blue Ridge Parkway, directly north of Marion, North Carolina and south of Spruce Pine. Elevation is 3,468 feet (1,057 m) above sea level.
Selma Union Depot, also known as Selma Union Station, is a train station and museum in Selma, North Carolina. Built in 1924, it is currently served by two Amtrak passenger trains, the Palmetto and the Carolinian. It is located at 500 East Railroad Street in the heart of downtown Selma. The Silver Meteor and the Silver Star have their northern split here, but do not stop in Selma.
Aberdeen–Matawan is a station on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, located in Aberdeen and Matawan, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The station is 5 miles (8 km) east of South Amboy and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Hazlet. This station, convenient to Route 35 and the PNC Bank Arts Center, is popular with both commuters and concertgoers, and is the busiest station on the line between Bay Head and Rahway.
Pooles Island Light is the oldest lighthouse still standing in Maryland and the fourth oldest in the Chesapeake Bay area. The light is located on Pooles Island in the central Chesapeake Bay.
The Thomas Wolfe House, also known as the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, is a state historic site, historic house and museum located at 52 North Market Street in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. The American author Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938) lived in the home during his boyhood. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971 for its association with Wolfe. It is located in the Downtown Asheville Historic District.
John Blue House in Laurinburg, North Carolina was built in 1895. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1978.
Bethesda Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located on NC 5 in Aberdeen, Moore County, North Carolina. It was built in 1860, and is a two-story, vernacular frame meeting house. It rests on tall granite piers, is sheathed in weatherboard, and has a hipped roof. The front facade features a projecting two-stage bell tower. Also on the property is a contributing church cemetery.
Charles Christian Hook (1870–1938) was an American architect. He was also the founder of FreemanWhite, Inc. a Haskell Company (1892), the oldest practicing firm in North Carolina and currently the 11th oldest architecture firm in the United States.
The House in the Horseshoe, also known as the Alston House, is a historic house in Glendon, North Carolina in Moore County, and a historic site managed by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources' Historic Sites division. The home, built in 1772 by Philip Alston, was the site of a battle between loyalists under the command of David Fanning and patriot militiamen under Alston's command on either July 29 or August 5, 1781. The battle ended with Alston's surrender to Fanning, in which Alston's wife negotiated the terms with the loyalists.
Charles T. Holt House is a historic home located at Haw River, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect George Franklin Barber and built in 1897. The house is a 2 1/2-story, rectangular dwelling sheathed in wood, slate, brick and stone in the Queen Anne style. It features peaks, turrets and decorative chimney stacks. Also on the property are the contributing carriage house, servant's quarters, gas house, corn crib, barn, and well house / flowerhouse. It was built for textile businessman Charles T Holt, the son of Thomas Michael Holt, governor of North Carolina, and his wife Gena Jones Holt, the daughter of Thomas Goode Jones, governor of Alabama.
King-Freeman-Speight House, also known as Francis Speight House, is a historic plantation house located at Republican, Bertie County, North Carolina. It was built in two sections, with the oldest built between 1808 and 1828. The older section forms the basis of the current rear wing. About 1828, a 2 1/2-story, Federal style, side-hall plan was added at a right angle to the original structure. The house was enlarged and remodeled in 1907. It has a two-story, two-bay addition and a two-story rear addition built in 1855. It features a hip roof front porch. Also on the property are the contributing two smokehouses, the kitchen, and an office. Noted landscape artist Francis Speight was born in the house in 1896.
Hall-London House is a historic home located in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in about 1836, is a tall two-story, five bay Federal / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It features a broad Gothic Revival style front porch. A two-story rear ell was added about 1900.
Moore-Manning House is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in the 1830s, and is a two-story, three bay, Federal style frame dwelling with a hipped roof. The house was renovated in 1858 and a two-story wing added.
Dixon-Leftwich-Murphy House, also known as the Leftwich House, is a historic home located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built between 1870 and 1875, and consists of an original two-story, three-bay Gothic Revival style main brick block; a brick addition; and a gabled two-story frame rear addition. It has Italianate style details, a complex hipped roof with steep cross gables, a brick front porch added about 1920, and an enclosed two-tier rear porch.
Aberdeen Historic District is a national historic district located at Aberdeen, Moore County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 101 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures in the town of Aberdeen. It was developed between 1880 and 1940 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Classical Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed John Blue House. Other notable buildings include the Postmaster's House, Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad Building, Page Memorial Library (1907), (former) Union Station (1906), Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad Building (1904), Bank of Aberdeen, Page Memorial United Methodist Church (1913), (former) Bethesda Presbyterian Church (1906-1907), and Faith Presbyterian Church.
Malcolm Blue Farm is a historic home and farm in Aberdeen, Moore County, North Carolina. The house is believed to date to 1825, and is a one-story, three bay, frame structure with a simple gable roof and vernacular Federal and Greek Revival style design elements. It has a rear ell and full width front porch. Also on the property are the contributing four small barns, packhouse, well, horse barns, building originally used as a grist mill, and wooden water tower. The property is open to the public as a farm museum.
Henry-Vernon House is a historic home located near Bushy Fork, Person County, North Carolina. The earliest section was built in 1854, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame structure, with a one-story ell. In 1896, a Queen Anne style frame wing was added to the front of the house. Also on the property are two log tobacco barns, a corn crib, and a granary, all contributing buildings.
Mag Blue House is a historic home near Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1836, and is a 1 1/2-story, five bay by three bay, frame Coastal Cottage form dwelling, with Federal style decorative elements. It has a one-story gabled roof kitchen/dining room wing. It features a dominant gable roof that extends to shelter the full-width front porch, flush sheathing across the porch facade, and a hall-and-parlor plan.
Villa Nova, also known as The Captain Stephen M. Thomas House, is a historic home located near Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1880, and is a two-story, three bay by one bay, Italianate style brick dwelling, with one-story gabled roof ells. It has a free-standing one-story brick kitchen connected by a covered passage. It has a one-story front porch with a red and blue patterned grey slate roof.
