What's that I spy, behind the chamber of commerce (aka old filling station) building?
 |
| Up on the hill is an antebellum home. |
Th McElroy House is on my list of places to go see...just think about how it probably has authentic furniture as well as stories. But we had to be on our way on that day, so there is definitely more to see in Burnsville, NC.
The 3,000-square-foot (280 m2) house was built by John Wesley
McElroy as a mansion for his wife, Catherine in the 1840s. McElroy was a local
businessman and lawyer, and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army.
During the war, the house was used as a hospital and the headquarters
for the home guard. In 1889 the house was purchased by William Moore, a
state senator and former captain in the Union Army. Moore's family lived
in the house until 1917 and it became the first Post Office in
Burnsville. During the 1970s the house was abandoned and fell into
disrepair. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
The house was purchased in 1987 by the Yancey History Association. The
Association restored the building, which was opened as the Rush Wray Museum of Yancey County History in 2003. The museum houses period furniture and exhibits on local history.
I need to visit that place!
ReplyDelete