Robbinsville

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US 129 Grill and Gas Station circa 1950. Located on todays Old 129 just north of Robbinsville.
Main Street Robbinsville, NC circa 1950.
Main Street, Robbinsville NC circa 1945 across from Courthouse.
Downtown Robbinsville circa 1940 with courthouse at right.
Ingrams Drugstore Main Street, Robbinsville 1940s.
Ingram's Drugs 1950 Main Street US129
Graham County Courthouse, Robbinsville, 1895
Five Point Motel US129 in Robbinsville.
Phillips Motor Court, Robbinsville NC circa 1950
Phillips Motor Court, Robbinsville NC 1940s.
Phillips Cafe in Robbinsville circa 1950.
Joyce Kilmer Inn, downtown Robbinsville circa 1950.
Joyce Kilmer Inn, downtown Robbinsville circa 1950.
Joyce Kilmer Inn and Cottages, Robbinsville 1940
Robbinsville from the air circa 1995. The main road is the new bypass built in 1962.
Mountainview Restaurant & Motel, Robbinsville, NC circa 1950
Main Office, Thunderbird Mountain, Robbinsville NC 1962.
Thunderbird Mountain Club, Thunderbird, North Carolina on old US 129
Thunderbird Resort Motel and Santeetlah Marina location at right. Circa 1980s.
Snowbird Mountain Lodge circa 1950.
Snowbird Mountain Lodge circa 1950.
US129 Lake Santeetlahc1935
Lake Santeetlah circa 1995.
Tapoco Lodge postcard circa 1950.
Tapoco Lodge postcard circa 1955.
Tapoco Lodge circa 1950.
Tapoco Lodge circa 1950.
Tapoco Lodge Dining Room circa 1950.
Lake in the Sky Lodge 1940s. In 2020 it is a private residence.
Cabin at Lake in the Sky Lodge, Robbinsville, NC.
Lake in the Sky Lodge 1960s postcard.

US129 in North Carolina was designated in 1934 as an addition to US19 to Topton. US129 from Topton to the Tennessee State Line then replaced NC108.

US129 today skirts the old downtown Main Street on the Rodney Orr Bypass named for a local stock car driver killed in 1994 in a Daytona 500 practice run. This bypass was created in 1962. The original US129 coming into town northbound took a sharp left, climbing a hill up to the courthouse and then took a sharp right heading downhill on Main Street. It then crossed a small bridge onto today's Old Highway 129 where the 129 Grill and Texaco Station was located.

It then followed just to the east of Talula Creek before merging with today's US129 for 2.75 miles. It then jogged easterly on today's east Buffalo cir loopin around the Santeetlah Lake prong and then connecting to today's Pine Ridge Road and passing the entrance to Thunderbird Resort and Santeetlah Dam. It then followed present day US129 more or less to the State Line.

1957 Map showing jog of US129 down Main Street.

1962 Map showing Bypass

 

1968 Map of US129 jogging around Lake Santeetlah