National Register Listings in Ashe County, North Carolina
Ashe County Courthouse
Ashe County Memorial Hospital
Baptist Chapel Church and Cemetery
Bower-Cox House
Clark-Miller Roller Mill
Cockerham Mill
Cooper, A.S., Farm
Cox, Samuel, House
Elkland School Gymnasium
Glendale Springs Inn
Grassy Creek Historic District
Greer, R.T., and Company Root and Herb Warehouse
Lansing Historic District
Lansing School
Miller Homestead
Pennington, Cicero, Farm
Perry-Shepherd Farm
Pierce, John M., House
Thompson's Bromine and Arsenic Springs
Todd Historic District
Tucker, John W., House
Waddell, William, House
West Jefferson Historic District
Worth's Chapel
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, North Carolina became a leading producer of furniture, textiles, and tobacco products. The state's nickname, the "Tar Heel State," comes from the fact that the state was a major producer of tar, pitch, and turpentine from its vast pine forests.