"Fort Hamby"

Historical marker location:

Wilkesboro, North Carolina

( Marker is on State Highway 268, 0.3 miles north of Jim Caudill Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1956

North Carolina is home to the largest private residence in the United States, the Biltmore Estate, which was built by George Vanderbilt in Asheville in the late 1800s.