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Blair Farm is a historic farm located near Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States.The original section of the Blair House was built in 1844, with additions and modifications made in the 1850s, 1880s, about 1900, 1938, and in the late 1950s-early 1960s.
Boone is a town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Boone is the home of Appalachian State University and the headquarters of the disaster and medical relief organization Samaritan's Purse. The population was 19,092 at the 2020 census. [5]
Jones House is a historic home located at Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built in 1908, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, cubic, Colonial Revival / Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It has a two-story rear extension and projecting bays. The front facade features a hipped roof single-story porch. [2]
Watauga County (/ w ə ˈ t ɔː ɡ ə / wuh-TAW-guh) [1] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.The population was 54,086 at the 2020 census. [2] Its county seat and largest community is Boone.
It was developed from about 1895 to about 1935, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, American Foursquare, and I-house style architecture. Notable buildings include the Wade-Collins House (c. 1897), Willis-Huggins House, Austin House, Ray-McCallum House, McCollum-Truslow House, Clark House (1919), Knight House (1919), and Claude Jones House.
Boone Mall opened on March 18, 1981, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. [1] The mall was developed by William Barnett of Barnett Real Properties Inc., based in Henderson, North Carolina. [1] With roughly 200,000 square feet of retail space, Boone Mall opened with 25 stores, with space for 40 total. Anchor stores were JCPenney and Belk.
Meat Camp is an unincorporated community located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. It is supposedly named after a primitive packing house used by hunters since before the Revolutionary War. [2] Meat Camp has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.
With unparalleled views of downtown Boone and the surrounding mountains, Howard Knob has often been targeted for residential development. In December 2004, owners of a 50-acre (200,000 m 2) tract on Howard Knob allied with the High Country Conservancy and signed a conservation easement protecting 46 acres (190,000 m 2) as a forested natural area with limited provisions for hiking trails and a ...