April 14, 2007

In 1835, newly appointed territorial circuit judge Archibald Yell moved to Fayetteville (Washington County). After purchasing an eighty-acre tract, the future governor, congressman, and Mexican War hero built a four-room Greek Revival home, which he named Waxhaws. A member of the Masons, he incorporated several Masonic symbols into the chimneys. The house, shown here in a 1940 photograph, was demolished sometime in the 1970s.