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The CDP is located along North Carolina Highway 90, 5 miles (8 km) east of Taylorsville, the county seat, and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Statesville. U.S. Route 64 bypasses Hiddenite to the south. In 2020, during the heavy rains of Tropical Storm Eta in the area, the Hiddenite Bridge split apart. [8]
This a public gem mine located in the Piedmont of North Carolina in Alexander County, specifically in the town of Hiddenite. [2] At the mine, more than 63 different types of gems and minerals can be found including emeralds, amethyst, sapphire, aquamarine, topaz, garnet, as well as the stone Hiddenite, which is a stone only found in this local ...
Hiddenite. Hiddenite is a pale-to-emerald green variety of spodumene that is sometimes used as a gemstone. The first specimens of the hiddenite variety of spodumene were recovered circa 1879 near the settlement of White Plains, west of Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina. According to contemporary accounts, a man named Lackey brought ...
82001279 [1] Added to NRHP. December 2, 1982. The Lucas Mansion, also known as the Hiddenite Center, is a historic home located at Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a three-story, frame Queen Anne style dwelling. It features a two-story wraparound porch. It was enlarged to its present size by 1928.
Website. alexandercountync.gov. Alexander County is a county established in the U.S. state of North Carolina in 1847. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,444. [2] Its county seat is Taylorsville. [3][4] Alexander County is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Website. www.moorecountync.gov. Moore County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 99,727. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Carthage and its largest community Pinehurst. It is a border county between the Piedmont and the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
The Lucas Mansion, also known as the Hiddenite Center, is a historic home built about 1900 in Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina. It was owned by James Paul Lucas, a South Carolina native and international diamond merchant. The current Hiddenite Center has period furnishings and a collection of local gemstones and minerals on the first ...
List of North Carolina Highway Historical Markers in Alexander County, NC [1]; Number Title Location Text Year Erected M-29: Hiddenite: NC 90 northwest of Hiddenite "A gem found only in N.C., named for W. E. Hidden, mineralogist of N.Y., who prospected in this area about 1880.