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Silversteen Collection – Box 55D – Folder 2

 

SILVERMONT UNDATED – 1986 (43 items)

  1. Silvermont: Deposit Fee is to Protect the Building, Transylvania Times, 15 December 1986 (2)
  2. A Tour of Homes & Christmas at Silvermont, 14 December 1986, (1)
  3. Celebration; Annual Silvermont Week Starts Saturday, April 27, Transylvania Times, 22 April 1985 (1)
  4. History of Silvermont, 4 June 1984 (1)
  5. Work Continues at Silvermont, Transylvania Times, 2 February 1984 (1)
  6. Old Mansion Undergoes Restoration, 1983 Summertime Magazine (1)
  7. Why Silvermont is Listed:  National Register of Historic Place; Transylvania Times, 24 November 1982 (2)
  8. 1981 Christmas card from county commissioners featuring Silvermont (1)
  9. Gertrude Carraway Award of Merit to Friends of Silvermont, 19 November 1981 (1)
  10. Television Comes to Visit Silvermont, Transylvania Times, 9 November 1981 (1)
  11. Silvermont Now on the National Register, Transylvania Times, 27 August 1981 (1)
  12. Brief History of Friends of Silvermont, 11 August 1981 (5 pages)
  13. Certificate from State of NC Department of Cultural Resources Division of Archives and History; Silvermont has been entered on the National Register of Historic Places, 9 July 1981 (1)
  14. Note from Cooley to Lee undated with history and corrections of Friends of Silvermont, January 26, 1981 (7)
  15. Silvermont:  More Funds May be Available, Transylvania Times, 2 February 1981 (1)
  16. Keep Silvermont Citizens Demand, Transylvania Times, 29 January 1981 (2)
  17. Ask Us, Transylvania Times, question regarding bonding of contractor, Ed Ballinger, May 5, 1980 (1)
  18. The Silvermont Referendum, Transylvania Times, 1 May 1980 (1)
  19. Will Silvermont Cost That Much?, Transylvania Times, 24 April 1980 (4)
  20. A Referendum on Silvermont, Transylvania Times, 14 February 1980 (2)
  21. Bad News:  Silvermont Cost Too Much to Maintain:  Voters Must Decide, Transylvania Times, 7 February 1980 (1)
  22. Memorandum to Board of Commissioners from L.C. Case (County Manager) 14 September 1979 (3)
  23. Silvermont:  Stately Yet Timeworn, Transylvania Times, 29 January 1979 (1)
  24. Letter from State of NC Department of Cultural Resources to John Eastes regarding use of Silvermont, February 10, 1975 (2)
  25. Silvermont Park Recreation Center Major Construction Underway, Transylvania Times, 25 April 1974 (2)
  26. Transylvania Achieved Top Priorities in 1974, Silvermont opened in 1974 proving to be popular public facility, Transylvania Times, January 26, 1975 (2)
  27. Recreation Center Has Real Class, Transylvania Times, 26 December 1973 (2)
  28. Transylvania Recreation Center Receives Grant Totaling $133,073, Transylvania Times, 25 Jan 1973 (1)
  29. Silvermont Estate Willed to Transylvania for Recreation, Art and Craft Center, Transylvania Times, 13 July 1972 (4)
  30. Board of Commissioners Meeting, 3 July 1972, Discussion of Silvermont gift to county (2)
  31. Letter from Dorothy Silversteen Bjerg to Mr. Siniard, 9 December 1971, plans for Silvermont original letter and copy (4)
  32. Silvermont appraisal by Mary Jane McCrary, 1 October 1960 (6 pages, handwritten)
  33. Time Book; J.M. Kilpatrick on J.S. Silversteen house; workers:  H.M. Miller, R.H. McCall, John Gravley, and B.E. Michelson, May 1, 1916-May 1, 1917 (1)
  34. Silvermont Deed, September 25, 1913 (5)
  35. A Garden Party for You, Transylvania Times, undated photo of Silvermont advertising kick-off For United Way campaign (1)
  36. Aged Mansion May Receive Rejuvenation, Transylvania Times, undated (2)
  37. History of Silvermont Mansion, undated and unsourced; information used for fund-raising brochure (1)
  38. History of Silvermont, undated and unsourced; details time prior to 1896 and previous land owners, Richard Stone, A. E. Boardman and L. Gash (3)
  39. Friends of Silvermont, Inc.; brief history of organization, description of Silvermont and nomination form for Register of Historic Places (5 pages)
  40. Friends of Silvermont, Inc. Bylaws (Undated) (2)
  41. Silvermont first floor inventory with sketch (handwritten and undated) (1)
  42. Silvermont pencil drawing (undated) (1)
  43. Undated handwritten notes by Jeanette Austin re: saving Silvermont; donated by Pat Austin, July 2013 (2)

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