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Barn Quilt Trail
Varies
Wilkes County, NC 28697
Phone: 336-838-8662
Reflect on times past as you travel through present scenery of Wilkes County , with generational homesteads, barns and farms. Quilt patterns were chosen from centuries old, placed on barns of local residents wishing to ensure this legacy, and enjoyed by all who gaze and recognize it as a form of art.
Sharing rich heritage through quilt design, Wilkes County Quilters Guild in partnership with Cultural Arts Council of Wilkes present a Barn Quilt Trail of twelve quilts. Wilkes County Public School art students participated in producing three blocks, initiating future generations to keep the historic quilting tradition alive .
Presently there are 8 quilts displayed with a total of 12 to be completed this year:
8 Point Stars - 11605 W. US 421, Purlear
Carolina Lily - 196 Victory Ln, Ronda
Double Wedding Ring - 319 Shingle Gap Rd , Purlear
Double Wedding Ring - US 421 East between exits 276 and 278
Drunkard's Path - 10421 Longbottom Rd , Traphill
Drunkard's Path – 5124 Sparta Rd, NC 18, North Wilkesboro
Little Dutch Girl - 6281 S NC 18, Boomer
Tulip Block – 3450 Sparta Rd, NC 18, North Wilkesboro
REMINDER Safety & Respecting Private Property
U se caution when traveling along the Quilt Trail. Traveling under speed limit, pausing and/or stopping along any road can be dangerous and illegal. All barns are located on private property and should be viewed from the public road unless otherwise indicated on site.
Wilkes County Quilters' Guild hosts an annual quilt show the 1st Friday and Saturday of September featuring a different theme each year.
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Hometown Opry
Minton Music & Pawn, 302 E. Main Street
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
Phone: (336) 667-2274
On Friday mornings at 7 o’clock‚ people gather at the Minton Music and Pawn in North Wilkesboro to see a live musical performance that is also broadcast on WKBC 800AM. This event‚ "The Hometown Opry‚" features a different bluegrass‚ gospel‚ or country music group each week. The back room or "studio" of the Minton Music and Pawn has a large stage and enough room to seat 80 to 150 folks. Memorabilia‚ pictures of groups that have played there before‚ and musical instruments fill the studio walls. Coffee is available and donations are accepted to raise money for needy people. This is indeed an excellent venue with both local groups and pros taking the "Hometown Opry" stage. The "Opry" usually draws a large crowd.
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Patriots Theater
1059 Mitchell Mill Road
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
Phone: (704) 585-6831
Outdoor drama plus performances for your event, group, organization or school. Patriots Theater found its home at the 100 year old grist mill known as the Sheriff Mitchell Mill which the Dixon family.
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
200 West Cowles Street
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Phone: 336-667-4231
This Gothic chapel is the oldest building in Wilkesboro, built between 1848 and 1849 by slaves. It is included in the National Register of Historic Places. Visit St. Paul's sacristy shop, old cemetery, and Coventry Chapel which includes a brick columbarium and labyrinth designed after the one at Chartres Cathedral. Docent led tours available.
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St. Paul's Frescoes
200 Cowles Street
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Phone: 336-667-4231
In 2002, a beautiful partnership was formed between the Cultural Arts Council of Wilkes, St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the world renowned artist Benjamin F. Long, IV to paint two fresco scenes of the Apostle Paul in the commons area joining the chapel and the sanctuary.
These classically beautiful frescoes are open for viewing by the public on Monday-Friday, 9a-5p, Sat. 10a-4p, and Sun. 12p-5p. Free.
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Walker Center
1328 S. Collegiate Drive
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Phone: (336) 838-6260
The Center currently has an 1,130 seat performing arts auditorium and 38,731 square feet of multi-purpose meeting space that is used for management training, business meetings, civic meetings, a variety of cultural activities.
The center has become the focus of WCC's service area's artistic community with plays, concerts, dance presentations, gospel events, exhibits, and festivals being presented on a regular basis.
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Wilkes Art Gallery
903 C Street
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
Phone: (336) 667-2841
The Wilkes Art Gallery features twelve exhibitions annually, offers a variety of workshops and classes to children and adults, and has a gift shop in which local and state known artists and crafters present their finest art and hand-crafted items you will find in Wilkes County and in North Carolina.
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Wilkes Playmakers
Benton Hall, 300 D Street
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
Phone: (336) 838-PLAY
Wilkes Playmakers Inc. is proud to be a part of Wilkes County Theatre and North Carolina Community Theatre. We're also proud of our yearly production of Tom Dooley: A Wilkes County Legend, the cornerstone of Wilkes County Theatre. Tom Dooley memorabilia such as T-shirts, the book and the soundtrack to the pay are for sale on this site.
People nationwide have been fascinated and intrigued with the Tom Dooley story for over a century. The murder of Laura Foster in the Elkville community, now known as Ferguson, in North Carolina was one of the nation’s first highly publicized crimes of passion. Tom Dooley hanged for the crime but many questions were left unanswered. The Kingston Trio catapulted Tom Dooley to fame again in the 1960’s with the song “Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley”. Visitors still travel from far and wide to visit the graves and tour the countryside where the story took place.
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