Marion is a city in and the county seat of McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1844, the city was named in honor of Brigadier General Francis Marion, the American Revolutionary War Hero whose talent in guerrilla warfare earned him the name "Swamp Fox". Marion's Main Street Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The population was 7,717 at the 2020 Census.
First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at 12 W. Fort Streets in Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina. The congregation was established in 1845, and the current church building was constructed in 1923. It is a one-story plus balcony Classical Revival style brick building set on a raised basement. The front facade features a monumental Ionic order tetrastyle pedimented portico.
St. John's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 315 S. Main Street in Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1883, and is a one-story, Carpenter Gothic style frame church. It has a steeply pitched gable roof, board and batten exterior walls, lancet windows, and an elaborate bell tower added in 1903. St. John's is one of the few buildings that survived the 1894 fire on Main Street. St. John's Episcopal Church is a vibrant spiritual Community with roots formed more than a Century ago.
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church is a historic Lutheran church located at 307 W. Court Street in Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1935 and is a one-story, vernacular Late Gothic Revival-style church constructed with river rocks. The building features lancet windows and flying buttresses.
St. Philip's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 256 E. Main Street in Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Louis Humbert Asbury and built in 1926. It is a tall one-story, Normanesque Revival style stone structure on a nave plan, with a narthex/tower on the main elevation and a chancel on the rear. It has a two-story bell tower and stained glass windows.
The Canton Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina. It includes 34 contributing buildings and one other contributing structure and includes architecture by Benton & Benton. It includes Early Commercial architecture and Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Colonial Theater. Other notable buildings include the P L & S Building (1932), Champion Fibre Company Office Building (1918), Champion Bank and Trust, Imperial Hotel, and the former United States Post Office (1939).
The Colonial Theatre is a historic movie theater located at Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina. It was designed by Benton & Benton and built in 1932. It is a 2 1/2-story, five bay Colonial Revival style brick building. The theater auditorium has 650 seats, including the auditorium and the balcony. The Colonial Theater has been renovated and is now used for concerts, movies, and plays.
William Nelson Camp Jr. House is a historic home site located at Fairview, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The complex consists of Rustic-style buildings constructed with native materials built about 1926. The main house is a 1+1⁄2-story, six bay, "L"-plan dwelling of log and frame construction. Related contributing buildings and structures include the water storage building, garage, caretaker's cottage, two spring houses, and a barn.
East Marion–Belvedere Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. It encompasses 123 contributing buildings in a residential section of Shelby. The houses date between about 1921 and 1952, and include representative examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman architectural styles.
Central Shelby Historic District is a national historic district located at Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. It encompasses 229 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Shelby. The district is centered on the Cleveland County Courthouse (1907) and public square, established in 1841. The district includes representative examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman architectural styles. The district includes the separately listed courthouse, Masonic Temple Building, and Webbley. Other notable buildings include the Webb House, Wells House, Fulenwider-Ebeltoft House, Dr. S. S. Royster House, Bateman House, Washburn Block, city hall and firehouse (1911), Royster Building (1910), First Baptist Church, Ascension Lutheran Church (1932), and Southern Railway Freight Depot.
Waynesville Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina. It includes 35 contributing buildings in the central business district of Waynesville. It includes notable examples of Classical Revival style architecture, including the separately listed Waynesville Municipal Building, Citizens Bank and Trust Company Building, Former, Gateway Club, and Haywood County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include Sherrill's Studio (1942), Bank and Library building (1905), and Stringfield Medical Building.
Camp Arrowhead, also known as Camp Glen Arden after 1972, is a historic summer camp and national historic district located near Tuxedo, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was established in 1919 by the Green River Manufacturing Company as a recreational facility, and became a boy's summer camp in 1937. The district encompasses 18 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 5 contributing structures. Notable Rustic Revival style contributing buildings include the Recreation Hall/Gymnasium ; the group of log cabins dating from the original use of the camp by the Green River Manufacturing Company (1919); Ramshackle Cabin (1937); the Dining Hall/Kitchen ; Mansion Cabin ; and the Horse Barn (1953).
Lenox Park Historic District, also known as Columbia Park, is a national historic district located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 42 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in a predominantly residential section of Hendersonville developed between 1908 and 1952. It includes notable examples of Queen Anne, American Foursquare, and Bungalow / American Craftsman residential architecture. Located in the district is the contributing Spring Street Bridge (1930) and the City Ice & Storage Company Building (1915).
Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 65 contributing buildings in the central business district of Hendersonville. The commercial and governmental buildings include notable examples of Classical Revival architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Henderson County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Huggins Building, Cole Bank Building, Justus Pharmacy, Davis Store block (1900), The Federal Building (1914), Maxwell Store Building, Pace's Market, J. C. Penney Building (1939), and Lampley Motors.
Seventh Avenue Depot District is a national historic district located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 27 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in Hendersonville. The district consists of the frame early 20th century depot, a block of original brick street pavement beside it, twenty-seven stores and warehouses, a hotel, and two houses. Notable buildings include the Queen Anne style J.W. Bailey House, Station Hotel (1912–1922), and American Craftsman style Hendersonville Southern Railway Depot (1902-1904).
Bank of French Broad, also known as the Robert Building, is a historic bank building located at Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina. The Bank of French Broad and adjacent Robert Building were designed by noted Asheville architect James J. Baldwin and built in 1922–1923. They are two- to three-story, Classical Revival style brick buildings. The two buildings were joined into one building in the late 1970s to early 1980s.
Depot Historic District is a national historic district located at Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina. The district encompasses five contributing buildings associated with the Southern Railway depot at Marion. The buildings date from about 1894 to about 1935. They are a commercial building, four-story former Buffaloe Building, commercial building (1911), Laughridge Furniture Company Building, and freight depot.
Downtown Spruce Pine Historic District is a national historic district located at Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 33 contributing buildings in the central business district of Spruce Pine. It was developed between 1909 and 1953, and includes notable examples of Early Commercial and Tudor Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Gunter Building. Other notable buildings include the Spruce Pine Depot (1909), Crystal Place (1937), (former) Town Hall (1940), and Day's Drug Store (1950).
Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It encompasses 61 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in the central business district of Forest City. The district developed from the late 1880s through the 1920s, and includes notable examples of Classical Revival style architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the U.S. Post Office (1937), the Davis Sisters Building, the Farmers Bank and Trust building (1923), National Bank of Forest City (1923), the Tuberculosis Center (1902), the Romina Theater (1928), the Town Hall (1928) designed by James J. Baldwin, the Blanton Hotel (1925), the Reinhardt Drug Company Building, the First Wesleyan Church (1922), and the Florence Mill (1897-1941).
Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It encompasses 32 contributing buildings in the central business district of Brevard. The district developed between about 1874 and 1952 and includes notable examples of Early Commercial, Second Empire, and Classical Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed McMinn Building and Transylvania County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Lowe Auto Company, Brevard Banking Company (1924), Brevard Drugs/Mull's Grocery, Brevard City Hall and Fire Station (1926), Plummer's Department Store (1911), Brevard Banking Company (1924) designed by Erle Stillwell, Co-ed Theater (1939), Pearlman's (1952), Aethelwold Hotel, and City Market.
