Road signs surround us in our daily lives as we drive hither and yon, giving valuable information as we pass by. However, a specific set of signs often go…
By Justyn Kissam
This photograph was taken on May 8, 1921. Bishop Leo Haid, of the Order of St. Benedict, dedicated the church “to the service of God.”
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
Here is a picture of the church, built in 1921 and the rectory, built in 1929. (Photograph courtesy of David Wright via Surry County Digital Heritage
Communion is a ceremony that marks a child or adult’s first reception of the Eucharist. Here is a picture of a Communion taking place in 1921.
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
A Communion from this year.
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
Pictured here are 11 stonemasons quarrying dimension stock. To the far left in the hat is J.D. Sargent, head of the North Carolina Granite Association. Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church was built with stone from the quarry.
By Katherine Jackson
The Coca-Cola mural on Main Street was restored and debuted to the public in 2015.
Images courtesy of the Isaac Martin Gordon Business Collection via the Surry County Digital Heritage/Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
A “ghost sign” was revealed after the demolition of the adjoining building in the 1980s, located at 185 N. Main Street in Mount Airy.
Images courtesy of the Isaac Martin Gordon Business Collection via the Surry County Digital Heritage/Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
A postcard of Mount Airy Bottling Works, located on Moore Avenue, circa 1898. Pictured, from left, are an unknown gentleman, B.E Herman, founder of Mount Airy Bottling Works, and delivery horse Snowball. After 1900, the name of the company changed to Mount Airy Coca-Cola Bottling Company.