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This portable field guide to the historic architecture of western North Carolina covers 1,200 historic buildings in 25 counties in the foothills and mountains. It introduces readers to the region's rich and diverse architectural heritage -- from the log farmstead to the opulent mountain retreat, and from ancient earthen mounds of the Cherokee to twentieth-century hydroelectric dams and the Blue Ridge Parkway.Featuring more than 370 photographs and 36 maps, the guide is written for travelers and residents alike. It offers concise entries on notable buildings, neighborhoods, and communities, emphasizing buildings that are visible from the road and indicating sites that are open to the public.A project of the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office of the Division of Archives and History and its western office in Asheville, the book reflects more than twenty-five years of fieldwork and research in the agency's statewide architectural survey and National Register of Historic Places programs. A previous volume covers eastern North Carolina and a future volume will cover the piedmont region.

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• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• The Blue Ridge Parkway Foothills Surry County
• Wilkes County
• Alexander County
• Caldwell County
• Burke County
• McDowell County
• Rutherford County
• Polk County
• Mountains Alleghany County
• Ashe County
• Watauga County
• Avery County
• Mitchell County
• Yancey County
• Madison County
• Buncombe County
• Henderson County
• Transylvania County
• Haywood County
• Jackson County
• Macon County
• Swain County
• Graham County
• Clay County
• Cherokee County
• Glossary
• Bibliography and Sources of Information Photography Credits
• Index
• Historical and Geographical Maps
• North Carolina, showing principal regions, cities, and routes
• Principal mountain ranges and river basins in western N.C
• Cherokee lands and sites in western N.C
• Collet map of N.C., 1770, showing part of the western region
• Principal railroad construction in western N.C. to 1926 and western N.C. railroads as of 1998
• Principal hydroelectric power sites in western N.C
• The Blue Ridge Parkway in N.C
• Regional and Site Maps
• Western North Carolina County map groupings County
• 1 Surry
• 2 Wilkes
• 3 Alexander, Caldwell
• 4 Burke, McDowell
• 5 Rutherford, Polk
• 6 Alleghany, Ashe
• 7 Watauga, Avery
• 8 Mitchell, Yancey
• 9 Madison
• 10 Buncombe
• 11 Henderson Transylvania
• 12 Haywood
• 13 Jackson, Macon
• 14 Swain, Graham
• 15 Clay, Cherokee City
• Mount Airy Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro Lenoir Morganton Marion
• Rutherfordton Tryon Boone Asheville
• Hendersonville Flat Rock Brevard Waynesville

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Catherine W. Bishir, Michael T. Southern, and Jennifer F. Martin are all affiliated with the State Historic Preservation Office. Catherine Bishir is senior architectural historian and survey coordinator and author of North Carolina Architecture . Michael Southern is research historian and, with Catherine Bishir, coauthor of A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina . Jennifer Martin is National Register coordinator. She and Michael Southern were formerly preservation specialists with the Western Office of Archives and History in Asheville.