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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.
East of Mount Airy on NC 103 36°30′29″N 80°35′10″W / 36.5081°N 80.5861°W / 36.5081; -80.5861 ( North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Mount Airy
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. Geography
Mount Airy / ˈ m aʊ n t ər i / [4] is a city within Surry County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census , the city's population was 10,676, an increase of 288 (+2.8%) from the 2010 census count of 10,388. [ 5 ]
Mount Airy, North Carolina, known as "The Granite City", and site of NRHP-listed North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex, "the world's largest open faced granite quarry". It has been quarried since 1743 by the North Carolina Granite Corporation and predecessors. [1]
Pages in category "Mount Airy, North Carolina" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex; R.
The district encompasses 187 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding industrial and residential sections of Mount Airy. They were primarily built between about 1880 and 1930 and include notable examples of Late Victorian and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture.
Surry County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,359. [2] Its county seat is Dobson, [3] and its largest community is Mount Airy.