MLS Number CAR3912645

• Commercial
• Property SubType COMMERCIAL
• Square Feet 6,695
• Acreage 34.74

When opportunity knocks- choose to own it all!  From the heart of Hoot Owl Hollar to the primary business and commercial-thoroughfare of beautiful Spruce Pine, NC.   This is a rare, first time on the market opportunity to invest in one of the most iconic commercial & historical properties available in this part of Western North Carolina.   This first property is 2.93 acres of prime road frontage (+/- 673.8 ft.) on both sides of NC Hwy. 226, with 13,000 vehicles per day traffic count.  Located just 1 mile from one of the busiest intersections on the Blue Ridge Parkway and the NC Mineral Museum, and .25 miles from the Walmart Super Center.  Your property will include over 450 feet on both sides of the beautiful Grassy Creek.  There is plenty of room to expand with more vacation rental cabins, retail, restaurants… the sky is the limit for this exceptional property.   City Water/Sewer, along with Natural Gas are available to tap on bringing this property to its highest and best value with proper value adds, such as multi-family housing, restaurants, retail and other investment ideas.  The structures in place include a +/- 7,318.12 sq.ft. of commercial bldg./warehouse space, +/- 4,386.26 sq.ft. of retail/business shops, along with a +/- 452.32 sq.ft., 1BD/1BA log cabin and a +/- 2,299 sq.ft. 4BD/2BA home with an in-ground swimming pool, central heating and air, paved drive & open floor plan, all 1 mile from the Blue Ridge Parkway & 2 miles outside of downtown Spruce Pine directly in the middle of the area's main commercial district.   Also included in this offering is the historic Hoot Owl Mine & 31.79 surrounding acres of prime real estate just off US Hwy. 19-E between Spruce Pine & Burnsville.    "Trains, mines, timber, and tourism have made up the economic wealth of this entire region."    Here is your chance to own legacy and a major part of Appalachian history and culture.  Spruce Pine began life as a train town, but the whole area had already established itself as a gem stone and mining center many years before.   The Hoot Owl Mine and the +/- 31.79 acres encompassing it once boasted its own railroad, and today has a considerable stand of timber awaiting your assessment and cruising.  This is your opportunity to posses one of our most historic pieces of ground in this entire region of the NC High Country.    Four miles outside of downtown Spruce Pine, in the direct center heart of Appalachia’s most precious and prolific gem stone reckoning is this vast Hoot Owl mine with openings over 50 foot tall, a majestic icon beckoning to a historic past— the likes of which have not been witnessed in modern mining history in over 100 years. The mine is “500 feet long, 150 feet wide, and 150 feet deep before continuing underground another 400 feet as a massive cavern” (“Down the Crabtree” by Robert Schabilion).   According to this authority on the mine, “the body, striking northeast and dipping westward, forms an anti-clinal fold in the overlying hornblende and mica gneiss.  Microcline, the primary feldspar in the mine, occurs as large crystals and graphic inter-growths with quartz.  Beryl occurs frequently as does Aquamarine and a reproof was circulated that a crystal as large as 150 pounds was found.” (Book- “Down the Crabtree”) Folks have found both emerald and beryl at the mine, as it is only 4/5 of a mile from the Crabtree Emerald Mine where the largest emerald ever discovered in the United States was found in 1979– “1,492 carats” (“Down the Crabtree”), and  around 450 feet from the Beryl Mines which are on the adjoining property.  The mine is famous for producing large quantities of feldspar and flat greet stained mica.   We don’t exactly know the age of the mine itself, as it could have been originally started nearly 2000 years ago by the various Indian Nations that roamed the area from time to time, or been part of what is called a “Spanish Mine,” which were created in this area in the mid 1500s by Hernando De Soto.   We do know that the mine took on the familiar shape that we find it today around the 1920s from the photographs we have from this time. The property around the mine is extremely valuable also, not just for the possibility of gem stones and minerals, but also for building and development.  There are plenty of places for homesites that would afford excellent views and it is private, yet perfectly located between Burnsville and Spruce Pine off of US Hwy. 19-E.  So here we present multiple parcels, all of great commercial value and delivering the opportunity to value add and be a major influence on this region of Western North Carolina.  Over 34.74 acres combined and over 14,455 square foot of structures combined.  All the properties are located just 30 minutes from Lake James, Marion, and I-40; 50 minutes to Asheville, NC, and 50 minutes to Boone, NC.  The entire Spruce Pine area is located just 2 hours from Charlotte, NC and the area has become the mountain getaway for the entire Piedmont region of North Carolina.    This is a real property sale only, however the business can also be purchased as well with additional expense.    Highlight - In Depth Walkthrough Video   Fast Forward to: Gem Mountain : https://youtu.be/MYLPfTaooU8?t=282 One Bed Room Cabin: https://youtu.be/MYLPfTaooU8?t=820 Build to Suite Space/3 Bay Garage: https://youtu.be/MYLPfTaooU8?t=1092 Primary Home: https://youtu.be/MYLPfTaooU8?t=1448 Hoot Owl Mine: https://youtu.be/MYLPfTaooU8?t=2108   Hoot Owl Mine 360 Virtual Tour Gem Mountain 360 Virtual Tour Spruce Pine 360 Virtual Tour

Listed by Foxfire Real Estate,LLC

MLS Number CAR3861199

• Residential
• Bedrooms 2
• Bathroom 3
• Square Feet 2,688
• Acreage 36.32

There is nothing else like this left in Mitchell or Yancey Counties!  Foxfire Elite Marketing is pleased to offer up this wonderful palatial estate of magnificent beauty which is a smaller rival to the properties of Biltmore, except in a much better and safer place in the mountains.  Made up of +/- 36.32 acres with a beautiful fishing pond and small island- the perfect place for reflection and family gatherings.  Just a little over ⅓ mile of the coveted Crabtree trout waters ribbons this property for your fly fishing fun, or take the canoe or kayak from your own property and in a very short distance enter the Toe River and from there you can travel all the way to the Gulf of Mexico if you so desire.  Your estate is made up of beautiful meadows and wildlife grazing areas, improved over the past 20 years by the owners with clearing, trails/roads for hiking and ATV/UTV fun, or farm animals, and utilization of the massive producing spring for some of the finest drinking water in the country.  The current owners have enjoyed sporting clays/skeet shooting over the years on this property.  Your property adjoins other like  multi-million dollar estates in both Mitchell and Yancey Counties, with absolutely no restrictions!  It is here that you are surrounded by nature's living room- now is the time to see and smell the blooms of the dogwood, rhododendron and mountain laurel.  You and your family will enjoy searching for gem stones and possibly gold in the waters of the Crabtree that cross your property.     The home is an open floor plan design and each of the windows frame the beauty of the natural capital that surrounds every aspect on this land.  it is here that you can embrace indoor/outdoor living with an appropriately sized screened in porch just off the formal dining room.  The kitchen takes convenience to a new level with new stainless appliances and cherry cabinets.  The home also features rounded corner walls, 2BD/2BA on the main level with an additional bonus room used as a large bedroom and another office on the lower level.  Oak hardwood, tile and carpet are the flooring throughout the home.  This home and land improvement have been purposefully designed for entertainment and family gatherings, but one can imagine company meetings, business retreats, and wedding venues being appropriate events here as well.   Your property currently has a Wildlife Habitation Conservation Agreement in place which is light in restrictions and provides a tax savings, but it can be easily removed with some revenue reimbursement.   Your investment will also gain you a canoe & tractor in the deal.   What about the area?  Here we have a distinct 4 seasons, without the extremes. We have a fairly mild climate except on those rare winter days when the altitude gets the better of our latitude, but for the most part, you will have year round comfort assurance.  The areas surrounding Spruce Pine offer breathtaking views and pristine waters, centered in the highest peaks of the mountains of North Carolina, we are a safe place to adventure.  With our low taxes, low crime rate, emphasis on freedom, and improving infrastructure we are a place to grow and have opportunity. People move here to get away from the hustle and bustle of the rest of the world.  Our realm is safe, clean, and still retains a degree of the ancient wild.  People desire our beautiful mountain views, and clear pristine waters.  Here in this estate you have both forms of the "natural capital," which is uniquely prevalent in WNC, but not normally to the extent that this property offers.  Such natural capital as exists here keeps our market strong even during economic downturns.   Here you have privacy without being remote, and convenience without the crowd.  The estate is only 5 miles to downtown Spruce Pine shopping and dining, or 8 miles to the beautiful town square and modern dining and shopping conveniences of downtown Burnsville.  Just 5 miles away or two as the crow flies is the world renowned Penland School of Crafts.  In 30 minutes you can be enjoying the lake life with the family on the beautiful Lake James in Marion, the "Lake Tahoe of the Southeast."  Your estate is 15 minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway- America's sk-high avenue and most spectacular mountain boulevard winding around the crest of the Appalachian range. and 50 min. to downtown Asheville, and 2 hrs. from Charlotte International Airport. "Guard, protect and cherish your land, for there is no afterlife for a place that started out as Heaven." - Charles Marion Russell      

Listed by Foxfire Real Estate,LLC

MLS Number CAR3847816

• Residential
• Bedrooms 2
• Bathroom 1
• Square Feet 749
• Acreage 83.17

A stunning mountain property located deep in the Appalachian mountains in beautiful Mitchell county. The property follows a rail road and the magnificent Nolichucky river over a half mile! Situated on the land is a small home that needs some love an attention which was used as a hunting cabin. The home itself is configured as a 2 bedroom 1 bath with a kitchen and living area with wood heating as a heat source. Roughly half the property was logged 10 years ago but still offers plenty of mature trees. The old logging roads offer a great start for atv, utv, dirt bike, and hiking trails. A rustic retreat or a luxurious mountain dream home, the possibilities are endless as the property offers sustainability, breath taking river and mountain view's combined with that wonderful fresh mountain air! Call today to view.

Listed by Foxfire Real Estate,LLC