The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In the mid-1960s, seven men from the Winston-Salem area established the unincorporated community of Seven Devils with the vision of creating a recreational resort. The seven founders included four brothers, Herbert Reynolds, Frank Reynolds, Galloway Reynolds and Dan Reynolds, and their partners George Kempton, Ray Smith and Gardner Gidley. They wanted a unique name to attract visitors and decided upon Seven Devils based on a combination of factors. There were seven founders and seven distinct peaks from the ridge line of the Blue Ridge Parkway that viewed the area, and locals often said that "the wind blows like the devil up there in the winter time."
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Start Seven Devils’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Seven Devils’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Seven Devils, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Seven Devils is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Seven Devils has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Robert Chester and Elsie H. Lowe House in Banner Elk, 2.9 miles away.
Seven Devils and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.