Siler City Commercial Historic District

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Siler City Commercial Historic District
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Siler City Commercial Historic District, March 2007
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LocationRoughly bounded by Second Ave., Birch Ave., Third St. and Beaver St., Siler City, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°43′23″N79°27′50″W / 35.72306°N 79.46389°W / 35.72306; -79.46389 Coordinates: 35°43′23″N79°27′50″W / 35.72306°N 79.46389°W / 35.72306; -79.46389
Area6.2 acres (2.5 ha)
Built1897 (1897)
Architectural styleEarly Commercial, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 00000841 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 27, 2000

Siler City Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 45 contributing buildings in the central business district of Siler City. They are primarily one- and two-story brick buildings dated between 1897 and 1945. Located in the district is the separately listed Hotel Hadley. Other notable buildings include the Farmers Alliance Store (1909), Edwards-Wren Building (1906), Chatham Bank (1913), Wren Building (1912), former Siler City Furniture Building (1928), Colonial Revival style United States Post Office (1940), Phillips Office Supplies Building, Thorpe and Associates Building, and Fred C. Justice Building. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Chatham County, North Carolina

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Hotel Hadley United States historic place

Hotel Hadley is a historic hotel building located at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1907, and is two-story brick building with elaborate eclectic Victorian design elements. It served as the city's most desirable hotel and as Hadley's residence into the 1940s.

William Teague House United States historic place

William Teague House is a historic home located near Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in several sections built at various times during the first half of the 19th century. The property consists of a two-story log cabin dating from the 1820s-1830s; a 1 1/2-story, one room log section; and a rear shed and side frame addition. The house exhibits vernacular Federal and Greek Revival design elements. Also on the property are a contributing small corn crib and a smokehouse.

Gregson-Hadley House United States historic place

Gregson-Hadley House is a historic home located at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. The house was built in approximately 1903, and is named for leading Siler City industrialist Julius Clarence Gregson, for whom it was built, and his brother-in-law Wade Hadley, to whom it was sold in 1920. It is a 1 1/2-story, richly decorated Queen Anne style dwelling. It features an exaggerated hip roof with several projecting gables, a pentagonal corner turret, and Eastlake Movement wraparound porch.

Bowen-Jordan Farm United States historic place

Bowen-Jordan Farm is a historic home located near Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a 2 1/2-story, Federal style frame dwelling. It has a steeply pitched gable roof and massive single stepped shoulder end chimneys. The house was expanded by mid- and late-19th century additions and enclosures. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen / slave cabin and smokehouse.

Cadmus N. Bray House United States historic place

Cadmus N. Bray House is a historic house located at 229 West Second Street in Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. James W. Turner, a local builder, constructed the house, and it remains a nearly unaltered representative of early 20th century architectural preferences in a small North Carolina rail town.

Snipes–Fox House United States historic place

Snipes–Fox House is a historic home located at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, three bay Late Victorian style frame dwelling. It features an expansive wrap-around porch and unique interior woodwork. Also on the property is a contributing frame front-gabled smokehouse.

Burdett Woody House United States historic place

Burdett Woody House is a historic home located near Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1901, and is a two-story, three bay, triple-A frame I house dwelling. It sits on a brick pier foundation and has an original one-story rear ell. Also on the property is a contributing smokehouse.

Former High Point Bending and Chair Company United States historic place

The former High Point Bending and Chair Company, also known as Boling Chair Company and Boling Company, is a historic factory complex located at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. The complex includes the original 1908 factory building, along with brick factory buildings built about 1920 and 1948. The original factory is a three-story, brick building with several additions. Also on the property is a contributing section of Cape Fear and Yadkin Railroad tracks .Any furniture left from the disaster can be worth thousands of dollars given rarity and condition.

Siler City City Hall United States historic place

Siler City City Hall, also known as the Siler City Town Hall or Municipal Building, is a historic city hall located at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. It is a two-story, "T"-shaped, seven-bay Colonial Revival style building. It is faced in granite and features a two-story, tetrastyle pedimented pavilion with a portico in antis. It is one of three extant Works Progress Administration buildings in Chatham County.

Siler City High School United States historic place

Siler City High School, also known as the Paul Braxton School, is a historic high school building located at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1922, and is a two-story, "T"-shaped, five-bay school building with streamlined Art Deco design elements. It has a two-story-high auditorium wing. Also on the property are the contributing mid-1930s one-story brick woodworking shop building which now serves as a community center, a 1 1/2-story frame gymnasium begun in 1930, and an early 1930s dirt baseball field which was initially a football field.

Goldston Commercial Historic District United States historic place

Goldston Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Goldston, Chatham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 15 contributing buildings in the central business district of Goldston. The buildings date from about 1890 to 1935 and includes of rows of one and two-story brick flat-roofed commercial buildings. Notable buildings include the Bynum and Paschal Warehouse, the Bynum and Paschal/Second Farmer's Union Company Store, the First Farmer's Union Store, A.J. Goldston General Store, and McLaurin Grocery Store.

North Third Avenue Historic District United States historic place

North Third Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses seven contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Siler City. They were built between about 1890 and 1930, and includes five primary residential dwellings and the First Baptist Church and parsonage. They are representative examples of the Classical Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman architectural styles.

East Raleigh Street Historic District United States historic place

East Raleigh Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 39 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Siler City. They were built between about 1895 and 1945, and include representative examples of the Queen Anne and Tudor Revival architectural styles.

Bray-Paschal House United States historic place

The Bray-Paschal House is a historic house located at 2488 Wade Paschal Road near Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Beth Keane and Kaye Graybeal (August 1999). "Siler City Commercial Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.