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North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex is a historic granite quarry and national historic district located at Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 22 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 8 contributing structures in an area approximately one mile long and 1/3 mile wide.
This is the world's largest "deep hole" granite quarry. It produces Devonian Barre granite. Graniteville is home of its owner, the 1885-founded Rock of Ages Corporation, since 2016 part of Polycor, Inc., the largest producer of marble and granite in North America. Quarrying continues, and the quarry may be visited by the public.
The Michael Braun House was built over seven years on 274 acres that Braun purchased after moving to the area in the late 1750s. 3500 tons of granite came from a quarry in the area. [3] The house is a two-story four-bay-wide stone house with two end chimneys and one-story frame kitchen wing on east side.
Flat Rock is a census-designated place (CDP) in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.The name "Flat Rock" stems from the community's granite quarry. The granite quarry is the largest open-face granite quarry in the world, and has been mined continuously since 1889 by the North Carolina Granite Corporation.
Church Street School (Thomasville, North Carolina) Citizens Bank Building (Burnsville, North Carolina) City Garage Yard and Fire Drill Tower; City Hospital-Gaston Memorial Hospital; City Market (Raleigh, North Carolina) Claremont High School Historic District; Clark and Sorrell Garage; Clarke–Hobbs–Davidson House; Clay County Courthouse ...
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Map showing Surry County in North Carolina. This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table ...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — As Helene battered western North Carolina, residents in Asheville were heartbroken after seeing floodwaters lift cars, trucks, billboards, and homes.. Syd Yatteau, with her ...