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Local Historic Landmarks
- Frank A. Linney House and Former Linney Law Office
- Downtown Boone Post Office
- Blue Ridge Tourist Court and Motel
- Watauga County Jail
The Frank A. Linney House and Former Linney Law Office (Designated Local Landmark, 2017)
The Frank A. Linney House and former Linney Law Office are significant for their architecture and association with Frank. A. Linney (1874-1928), a prominent Boone attorney, businessman, and politician who served as a prosecuting attorney for both the State of North Carolina and the US Government.
Frank A. Linney House and Former Linney Law Office (Documents)
Designation Report - Frank A. Linney House and Former Linney Law Office
Downtown Boone Post Office (Designated Local Landmark, 2016)
Completed in 1939, the Downtown Boone Post Office was built using Works Progress Administration funds and designed by noted architect Louis A. Simon. The building retains many of its original lobby and post office design elements, as well as an outstanding 1940 WPA-funded lobby mural by Alan Tompkins—the only such mural to survive in NW North Carolina.
Downtown Boone Post Office
Designation Report - Downtown Boone Post Office
Blue Ridge Tourist Court and Motel (Designated Local Landmark, 2021)
The Blue Ridge Tourist Court and Motel is significant for its association with mid-century tourism and roadside lodging in Boone and Watauga County at the beginning of the region’s transformation into a tourist hub. Of the several tourist court/motor court/motel operations built between 1945 and 1958 during the surge in post-World War II automobile tourism, the Blue Ridge Tourist Court and Motel is the last one within present-day Boone town limits to survive.
Blue Ridge Tourist Court and Motel
Designation Report - Blue Ridge Tourist Court and Motel
Watauga County Jail (Designated Local Landmark, 2022)
The Watauga County Jail is significant for its association with the early correctional institution history of Watauga County from 1889 to 1927. The Watauga County Jail was in use at a key transition point in Boone’s history during the early 1920s, when Boone rapidly and radically transformed from a sleepy, backcountry, county seat to a vibrant commercial and tourist hub in northwestern North Carolina.