FOUNDING DIRECTORS Reverend Dr. Samuel Mills Tenney (1871 – 1939) Rev. Dr. Thomas Hugh Spence, Jr., (1899 – 1986) FOUNDATIONS PRESBYTERIAN HERITAGE CENTER, 1926-2006 The Reverend Dr. Samuel Mills Tenney
Category: Montreat History Spotlight
COMMERCIAL STORES Around 1900, the Montreat Publishing Company was started by printer Arthur R. Tipton and Montreat’s General Manager Weston R. Gales. Above is a 1903 ad run
IMAGES By 1910, the wood dam at The Lake in Montreat was working well. This black & white picture shows the dam from the downstream perspective. 1910 Photo of
IMAGES The same year Montreat was being founded, Huyler was running this 1897 Christmas Ad for his Bonbons. Huyler Advertising mirror circa the 1890s. Huyler’s Candy Factory, 18th
IMAGES On Aug. 2, 1909, a dedication of the engraved rock was held celebrating the founding of Montreat in 1897. Left to right are: Judge James D. Murphy, John Alex
IMAGES Wood plank seating and worship area (1897). Dining tent and cooking area near stream (1897). In 1907, a tent conference was held by Methodists and Presbyterians at
IMAGES Missionaries to the Far East were among the first settlers in Montreat in 1898 and 1899. Shown above circa late 1898 or early 1899 are: (left to right) Julia
US STATE DEPARTMENT CAMPS FOR DIPLOMATS Homestead Hotel Hot Springs, Virginia December 19, 1941 – April 4, 1942 159 German, Italian, Hungarian & Bulgarian diplomats and family members from Washington,
IMAGES In the 1954 Montreat Club musical “Down the Mississippi,” Bob Rodgers of Atlanta opened a mysterious crate. Martha Jackson of Nashville and Leighton McCutchen (above) singing “Make Believe” in
PRESIDENTS & EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS John C. Collins John S. Huyler James R. Howerton James D. Murphy Robert Campbell Anderson John Rupert McGregor Frank L. Jackson Calvin Grier Davis Silas M.