Miller Observatory

Maiden High School is a public high school located in Maiden, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Catawba County Schools district.

David F. Propst House is a historic home located near Maiden, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built about 1887, and is a two-story, single pile, brick, vernacular Late Victorian style dwelling. It has an original one-story brick rear ell and a gable roof with boxed eaves.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

William Pinckney Reinhardt House, also known as the Pink Reinhardt House, Reinhardt-Sigmon House, and Sigmon House, is a historic home located near Maiden, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built about 1845, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. The front facade features center bay portico supported by two stuccoed-brick Doric order columns and a sophisticated Asher Benjamin-inspired doorway. It has a 1+1⁄2-story frame addition built in the 1920s. It is nearly identical to the neighboring Franklin D. Reinhardt House.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Miller–Cansler House, also known as the Adam Miller Jr. House, is a historic home located near Maiden, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, frame Federal style farmhouse. It features a full-width shed-roofed porch. A one-story frame ell was added in 1941.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Franklin D. Reinhardt and Harren–Hood Farms, also known as the Franklin D. Reinhardt Farm and Alonzo Harren Farm, is a set of two adjoining historic farms and national historic district located near Maiden, Catawba County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 5 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. The Franklin D. Reinhardt House was built about 1845, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style dwelling nearly identical to the William Pinckney Reinhardt House. Also on the property is a contributing granary. The Harren-Hood House was built about 1908, and is a two-story frame, late Victorian farmhouse. Also on the property is a contributing granary and cattle barn.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Maiden is a town in Catawba and Lincoln counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 3,310 at the 2010 census.Maiden was the first public high school in the state with an observatory and is currently home to an Apple iCloud Data Center, covering 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2). In May 2012, Apple announced it would generate 60 percent of the Maiden facility's power itself, through a large deployment of fuel cells at the site and a 100-acre (40 ha) solar farm, with an additional 150-acre (61 ha) site 2 miles (3 km) away.The Catawba County portion of Maiden is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Lincoln County portion is part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia Metropolitan Area.

Rudisill–Wilson House is a historic home located near Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, three-bay, central hall plan frame dwelling. It features exterior end chimneys and a shed porch with late-19th century brackets.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Salem Union Church and Cemetery, also known as Salem Lutheran Church and Salem United Church of Christ, is a historic United Church of Christ church and cemetery located near Maiden, Lincoln County, North Carolina. The church was built in 1849 as a simple rectangular brick building, and enlarged and remodeled in the Late Gothic Revival style in 1914–1915. With the remodeling, a two-stage corner tower was added and the window and door openings converted to lancet-arch openings. A two-story Sunday School addition was built in 1936-1937 and in 1989 a Fellowship Hall was built to form an H-shaped church building. Also on the property is a contributing well shed (c. 1928) and cemetery with burials dating to 1792.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Foil–Cline House, also known as the John A. Foil House, is a historic home located at Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1883, and is a two-story, L-shaped, Italianate style frame dwelling. It features a multi-gabled roof has a widely overhanging boxed and molded cornice supported by thick curvilinear brackets and porch with overhanging bracketed eaves.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Self–Trott–Bickett House is a historic home located at Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built between 1881 and 1883, and is a two-story brick, double pile house with a rear ell and Italianate and Classical Revival style design elements. It has a low hipped roof, exterior end chimneys, and a wraparound porch. It was the home of Lawrence Bickett, a grocery wholesaler and brother of North Carolina governor Thomas Walter Bickett.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Loretz House is a historic home located near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was built in 1793, and is a two-story, five bay by two bay, brick dwelling. It has a gable roof and features patterned brickwork. The interior has a number of Georgian style decorative elements. Also on the property is a contributing brick smokehouse.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Catawba County ( kuh-TAW-buh) is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,610. Its county seat is Newton, and its largest community is Hickory. The county is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.