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Hillsville Historic District contains 16 historic buildings that constitute the historic central block of the county seat of Carroll County. The district includes the 1857 Carter Building that was extensively remodeled in the 1920s; the 1875 Carroll County Courthouse, designed in the Classical Revival style; the 1907 Carroll County Bank; and the 1936 Hillsville Diner. Hillsville tycoon George L. Carter worked in the Carter Building and Wilkinson’s Store before the Civil War, then married Wilkinson’s daughter, Mayetta, and later headed the Clinchfield Railroad and several mining companies. In 1922, Carter sold all his holdings to Consolidated Coal Company of New York and retired to the Carter Building, which he had expanded to 36 rooms by his death in 1936.
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Programs
DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
