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=== The town's establishment === [[File:FirstBaptistChurch(Andrews,NorthCarolina).jpg|thumb|Former First Baptist Church]] In 1905, the town of Andrews was incorporated, with David Samuel Russell appointed as the first mayor. The [[Franklin Pierce Cover House]], [[First Baptist Church (Andrews, North Carolina)|First Baptist Church]], and [[Walker's Inn]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> On October 27, 1906, the dedication of the Andrews Public School occurred, and its first classes began in August 1907 in the Masonic Lodge.<ref name=":1" /> The building was used until its demolition in the summer of 1961.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Heritage of Cherokee County North Carolina Volume I 1987 |publisher=Hunter Publishing Company |year=1987 |isbn=0-89459-247-5 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Alice Davis |location=Murphy, North Carolina |publication-date=1987 |pages=22β23}}</ref> The first known brick house in the county, the John Tatham House, was north of Andrews. It was destroyed in the early 1900s.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2007 |title=Town of Andrews Design Guidelines |url=https://regiona.org/wp-content/uploads/Town-of-Andrews-Design-Guidelines_9-27-2007.pdf |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Regiona.org}}</ref> After [[African-American]]s were forced out of [[Cumming, Georgia]], in 1912, some came to Andrews and started a community called Happytop.<ref>{{cite news |title=Visiting Our Past: Andrews Author Provides Insight into 'Affrilachia' May 2 |last=Neufeld |first=Rob |work=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]] |date=May 2, 2016 }}</ref> A [[Carnegie library]] was built in Andrews in 1914. It was demolished in 1979 to make room for the current Andrews Public Library building.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scott |first=Ralph Lee |url=http://www.ncl.ecu.edu/index.php/NCL/article/view/3459/3045 |title=North Carolina Libraries |publisher=East Carolina University |year=1981 |pages=26 |chapter=The Carnegie Public Library Movement in North Carolina}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Short History of the Andrews Carnegie Library |url=https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/107364?viewer=uv#?xywh=-231%2C-1%2C6186%2C3588&cv=6 |website=North Carolina Collections |publisher=DigitalNC.org}}</ref> The Andrews Public Library joined the [[Nantahala Regional Library]] system in 1940.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History of the Nantahala Regional Library |url=http://proofing.youseemore.com/redesigns/nantahala/contentpages.asp?loc=54 |access-date=March 4, 2024 |website=Nantahala Regional Library |place=Murphy, NC}}</ref> Andrews was home to the Wilhide brothers, Robert M. and Wilfred W. Wilhide, born between 1920 and 1922. Both were born and raised in Andrews, attended flight school at Cherry Point, North Carolina, and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps as pilots during World War II. In the space of several days, after inflicting severe losses upon the Japanese fleet, both brothers were lost and killed during missions near Okinawa. The Wilhide brothers were given a memorial in the Valleytown cemetery, and a monument at Veterans Memorial Park in Andrews, not far from their childhood home and birthplace.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gobeo |first=Gary |title=Guest Columnist: Brothers Killed Days Apart at Okinawa Remembered |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/06/24/guest-columnist-brothers-killed-days-apart-okinawa-remembered/86333900/ |website=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |date=June 24, 2016 |access-date=April 12, 2022 }}</ref> In October 1920, the Peavine Railroad was completed between Andrews and [[Hayesville, North Carolina|Hayesville]]. It hauled mainly lumber and was dismantled in 1951. Passenger service between [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]], [[Murphy, North Carolina|Murphy]], and Andrews ended in 1948.<ref name=":1" /> In the 1940s, Andrews' town hall was constructed on Main Street; the building was renovated in 1975 and 2015.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=David |date=2025-03-19 |title=This Week in Local History |work=[[Cherokee Scout]] |publisher=[[Community Newspapers Inc.]] |location=Murphy, NC |page=5A}}</ref>
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