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History · Pinnacle

Pinnacle’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Pinnacle. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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The town was originally known as Culler, named for Emanuel W. Culler who owned the land on which a railroad station was built and served as the town's first mayor. The present name was adopted in 1894. Pinnacle was incorporated in 1901 but the charter was repealed in 1903.

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2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today12 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Pinnacle is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pinnacle has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is King Historic District in King, 4.6 miles away.

Pinnacle and the nearest listed places

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King Historic DistrictPilot Hosiery MillBank of Pilot Mountain, (Former)Pilot Mountain Downtown Historic DistrictHauser FarmRock House

Closest to Pinnacle

King Historic DistrictKing · District4.6miPilot Hosiery MillPilot Mountain · Building4.8miBank of Pilot Mountain, (Former)Pilot Mountain · Building4.9miPilot Mountain Downtown Historic DistrictPilot Mountain · District5miHauser FarmEast Bend · 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. King Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Pinnacle?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Pinnacle’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 King📜 Pilot Mountain📜 Tobaccoville📜 East Bend

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