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History · Laurel Hill

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In 1797 the Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church was established. The church was named for the laurel growing in the area. A community formed in the vicinity of the church, and after the American Revolutionary War it prospered as a center of commerce. Most of the initial settlers were Scottish Highlanders. A post office was established by 1822. A line of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad was later laid and a depot established to the south of the church area, and by 1861 most of the community had migrated there. A turpentine distillery and tub manufacturer were established. Federal troops under William Tecumseh Sherman camped by the church in 1865 during the Carolinas campaign of the American Civil War. In the 1870s John F. McNair created a general store in Laurel Hill. In 1900, Z.V. Pate purchased McNair's general store and transformed it into a large regional furniture retai…

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2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Laurel Hill is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Laurel Hill has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mag Blue House in Laurinburg, 3.4 miles away.

Laurel Hill and the nearest listed places

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Mag Blue HouseJohn Blue HouseLaurel Hill Presbyterian ChurchE. Hervey Evans HouseThomas J. Gill HouseLaurinburg Commercial Historic District

Closest to Laurel Hill

Mag Blue HouseLaurinburg · Building3.4miJohn Blue HouseLaurinburg · Building4.5miLaurel Hill Presbyterian ChurchLaurel Hill · Building4.9miE. Hervey Evans HouseLaurinburg · Building5.1miThomas J. Gill HouseLaurinburg · Building5.2mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Mag Blue House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Laurel Hill?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Laurel Hill’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

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