Statesville is a city in and the county seat of Iredell County, North Carolina, United States, and it is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area. Statesville was established in 1789 by an act of the North Carolina Legislature. The population was 28,419 at the time of the 2020 census.
College Hill is a neighborhood in the west central section of the United States city of Greensboro, North Carolina. College Hill was Greensboro's first neighborhood.
The New Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at New Hill, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in southwestern Wake County. The district encompasses the commercial and residential center and includes 2,820 acres (11.4 km2), 59 buildings, and one structure. The district developed between about 1860 and 1950, and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the W. T. Roundy commercial complex, C.J. Bright's general merchandise store or New Hill Emporium, W. T. Roundy House, Duncan Lashley House, John Bright House, New Hill Baptist Church, Glass-Gardner House, and several farm complexes.
Key Memorial Chapel, formerly the Roman Catholic parish church of Saint Philip the Apostle, is a historic Roman Catholic chapel located at 150 E. Sharpe Street in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It is considered within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. It was built in 1898, and is a small one-story, two bay by four bay, Late Gothic Revival style brick building. It features a large, pointed arch stained glass window and a two-story tower with crenellated parapet. It was abandoned by 1976 when the parish was moved to its current location in Statesville, and the chapel was adaptively reused as a law office.
Ebenezer Academy, Bethany Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic school building, Presbyterian church, and cemetery located six miles north of Statesville in Bethany Township, Iredell County, North Carolina. The log building was constructed in 1823 and housed Ebenezer Academy. The church building was built about 1855, and is a one-story, three bay by five bay, vernacular Greek Revival style frame building with a low gable roof. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery with burials dating to about 1785.
Center Street A.M.E. Zion Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion church located on S. Center Street in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1903, and is a one-story, three bay by seven bay, Late Gothic Revival style brick building. It has a steep gable roof sheathed in pressed tin and features two corner entrance towers of unequal height and a large, pointed arch stained glass window. The church also goes by the name Mount Pleasant AME Zion Church.
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, also known as Statesville City Hall, is a historic post office and courthouse building located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by Willoughby J. Edbrooke and built in 1891. It is a rectangular 2 1/2-story structure, seven bays wide, and three bays deep. It is constructed of red brick and sandstone. The building has a two-story corner tower, one-story entrance pavilion with central arched recessed entrance, and a tall hip roof.
Richard Sharp Smith was an English-born American architect, associated with Biltmore Estate and Asheville, North Carolina. Clay Griffith with the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office says, "The influence of Richard Sharp Smith’s architecture in Asheville and western North Carolina during the first quarter of the twentieth century cannot be overstated." His vernacular style combines elements of Craftsman, Colonial Revival, English cottage, Shingle, and Tudor Revival architectural styles. He is associated with some of America's important architectural firms of the late 19th century—Richard Morris Hunt, Bradford Lee Gilbert, and Reid & Reid.
Leslie N. Boney Sr. (1880–1964) was an American architect who focused on schools. He designed approximately 1,000 schools or additions to schools, and his works appear in 51 of North Carolina's 100 counties.
Houstonville is an unincorporated community in the Eagle Mills Township of Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. Houstonville is located on U.S. Route 21, 3.3 miles (5.3 km) north of Harmony. Houstonville was founded in 1789 by Christopher Houston and is the second oldest town in Iredell County after the county seat, Statesville.
Seventh Avenue Depot District is a national historic district located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 27 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in Hendersonville. The district consists of the frame early 20th century depot, a block of original brick street pavement beside it, twenty-seven stores and warehouses, a hotel, and two houses. Notable buildings include the Queen Anne style J.W. Bailey House, Station Hotel (1912–1922), and American Craftsman style Hendersonville Southern Railway Depot (1902-1904).
King-Flowers-Keaton House is a historic home located near Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1800, and is a two-story, five bay by two bay, transitional Georgian / Federal style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof, rear ell, and two single shoulder brick end chimneys. Also on the property is a contributing outbuilding.
McClelland-Davis House is a historic home located near Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five bay by two bay, transitional Federal / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof, one-story rear wing, and two single shoulder brick end chimneys. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse and well house.
East Broad Street–Davie Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It encompasses 65 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Statesville. The district includes notable examples of Late Victorian architecture and were mainly built between about 1880 and 1930. Notable buildings include the Elma Apartments building, Matt-Simons House, J. S. Ramsey House, and Major H. L. Allison House.
McElwee Houses is a national historic district located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It encompasses four contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Statesville. The district includes notable examples of Classical Revival and Colonial Revival architecture and were built in the first decade of the 20th century. They were built by members of the John H. McElwee family, a prominent family of industrialists in the late-19th and early-20th century.
Statesville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It encompasses 54 contributing buildings in the central business district of Statesville. The district includes notable examples of Late Victorian architecture dated between about 1875 and 1925. Located in the district are the separately listed U.S. Post Office and County Courthouse and Iredell County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the First A. R. Presbyterian Church, former County Jail, the U. S. Post Office, former Walton and Gage Store, Miller Block, Madison Building, former Merchants and Farmers Bank (1908), former Carolina Motor Company (1916), former Montgomery Ward Store, and former First National Bank.
South Race Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It encompasses 85 contributing buildings in a planned mixed residential and commercial section of Statesville. The district includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture dated between about 1894 and 1945. Notable buildings include the Western Avenue Baptist Church, Race Street Methodist Church parsonage, J.L. Kimball House, J.F. Scroggs House, J.W. Kaneer House, and J.G. Hallyburton House.
Mitchell College Historic District is a national historic district located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It encompasses 336 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site associated with Mitchell Community College and the surrounding residential area in Statesville. The district includes notable examples of Greek Revival, Queen Anne, and Classical Revival architecture dated between about 1885 and 1930. Located in the district is the oldest building and separately listed; the Main Building, Mitchell College (1854-1856). Other notable contributing resources are the Fourth Creek Burying Ground, George Anderson House, Friends Meeting House, Broad St. Methodist Church (1907), Congregation Emmanuel Synagogue (1891), McRorie House, Dr. Tom H. Anderson House, Dr. Julius Lowenstein House, Ludwig Ash House, L. N. Mills House (1925), Mills Apartment, R. A. Cooper House (1920), Statesville Woman's Club (1927), and the former Davis Hospital.
Allison Woods is a historic rural retreat and national historic district located near Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It encompasses six contributing buildings, four contributing sites, and three contributing structures on a gentleman's farm developed by William Locke Allison between about 1926 and 1939. The district includes natural woodlands and water features and the developed landscape to include the stream course with impoundments and Lower Lake. The built features are of brick or stone construction, with some representative of the Bungalow / American Craftsman style. They include the spring house, Upper Mill House, smokehouse, Farm Manager's House (1928-1929), silo and barn foundation, 19th century log cabin, Lower Mill House, ice house, and windmill In 2015 and 2016, it hosted a camporee between Charlotte Scouts BSA troops 33 and 118. Troop 118 won both years.
Rockingham Historic District is a national historic district located at Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 181 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a predominantly residential section of Rockingham. It includes buildings built between the early-19th century through the early 20th century in a variety of popular architectural styles. Notable buildings include the Steele-Johnson-Cole House (1838), Leak-Wall House (1853), W. C. Leak House (1890s), Ledbetter-Leath House, the W. B. Cole House, Dr. Robert S. Cole House, and Mial Leak House.
