Cary Historic District | |
The Cary Arts Center, originally Cary Academy, located in the center of the Historic District | |
Location | Roughly along Dry Ave., S. Academy St., and Park St., Cary, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°47′09″N78°46′56″W / 35.78583°N 78.78222°W Coordinates: 35°47′09″N78°46′56″W / 35.78583°N 78.78222°W |
Area | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
Built | c. 1907 |
Architect | Works Progress Administration |
Architectural style | Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman |
MPS | Wake County MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 01000425 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 25, 2001 |
Cary Historic District is a national historic district located at Cary, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 39 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Cary. The district developed between about 1890 and 1945, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the former Cary High School (Later Cary Elementary School at application, now Cary Arts Center [2] ) built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration, Esther Ivey House (c. 1890), Captain Harrison P. Guess House (1830s, c. 1900), and Dr. John P. Hunter House (c. 1925). [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]
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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.
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Tarboro Historic District is a national historic district located near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 364 contributing buildings in central Tarboro. It includes a variety of industrial, commercial, residential, and institutional buildings dating from the late-18th through early-20th centuries. Located in the district are the separately listed Tarboro Town Common, The Barracks, Redmond-Shackelford House, Pender Museum, Blount-Bridgers House, Coates-Walston House, Calvary Episcopal Church and Churchyard, and the Cotton Press complex. Other notable buildings include the Morris-Powell House, Porter House, U. S. Post Office (1914), Pippen House (1870s), Dancy-Battle-Bass Clark House, Holderness House, Howard Memorial Presbyterian Church (1908-1909), W. H. MacNair House (1913), Henry Cherry-George White House, Jones House (1870-1875), Tarboro Primitive Baptist Church, St. James Methodist Church (1916), Carolina Telephone & Telegraph (1912), Clark's Warehouse #1 and #2, Battle-Porter-Powell House, Gaskil1-Hussey House (1882), Cheshire-Nash House, and Norfleet Court (1858).
Summit Avenue Historic District, also known as the Dunleath Historic District and formally as the Charles B. Aycock Historic District, is a national historic district located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 226 contributing buildings in a middle- and upper-class residential section of Greensboro. The houses were largely built between the 1890s and 1930s and include notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, American Foursquare, and Bungalow / American Craftsman-style architecture. The Sigmund Sternberger House (1926) is listed separately. Other notable buildings include the John C. Clapp House, Robert L. Potts House, William B. Vaught House, Edgar B. Jennette House, and the Charles B. Aycock School (1922) designed by Starrett & van Vleck.
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Mill Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 31 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in a predominantly residential section of Jacksonville. The district developed after 1890 and includes notable examples of Late Victorian and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the Jarman Hotel, Jacksonville Depot, Richard Ward House, Richard Ward Guest House, the Lockamy-Chadwick House, George Bender House (1901), Samuel Ambrose House, the Marine House, Steve Aman House, and the Henrietta Jarman House.
Renston Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Winterville, Pitt County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 105 contributing buildings, 6 contributing sites, 7 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object on eight major farms in rural Pitt County near Winterville. It includes buildings largely dated from about 1890 to 1953 and notable examples of Greek Revival and Classical Revival style architecture. They include the Fletcher Farm, the Charles and Maggie McLawhorn farms, the Langston-Edwards properties, the Dail Farm, the Dennis McLawhorn farms, the McLawhorn-Abbott property, and the Richard Herman McLawhorn farms. Notable individual buildings include the Joseph Smith House, former Renston School and the first Bethany Free Will Baptist Church, Spier Worthington House, Langston-Edwards House, the Dail House, and the Charles McLawhorn House.
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Mount Airy Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 187 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding industrial and residential sections of Mount Airy. They were primarily built between about 1880 and 1930 and include notable examples of Late Victorian and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed W. F. Carter House and Trinity Episcopal Church. Other notable buildings include the Abram Haywood Merritt House (1902), William A. Estes House, Thomas Fawcett House, J. D. Sargent House (1919), Campbell A. Baird House (1913), T. Benton Ashby House, First Baptist Church (1906-1912), Mount Airy Friends (1904), Presbyterian Church (1907-1914), Merritt Building, Banner Building (1906), Prather Block, Midkiff Hardware Store, Welch Block, West Drug Store, Belk's Building, (former) Workman's Federal Savings and Loan, (former) First National Bank (1893), Bank of Mount Airy (1923), U.S. Post Office (1932-1933), and the Sparger Brothers Tobacco Factory.
Carpenter Historic District is a national historic district located near Cary, Wake County, North Carolina. The districts encompasses 66 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 8 contributing structures in the rural crossroads community of Carpenter. The district developed between about 1895 and 1933, and includes notable examples of Late Victorian and Colonial Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the Carpenter Farm Supply Company, D. Judson Clark Machine/Garage, Byrd-Ferrell House, Mallie and Cora Butts Farm, A.M. Howard Farm, and Barbee-Williams Farm.
Jones–Johnson–Ballentine Historic District is a national historic district located near Fuquay-Varina, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 18 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 8 contributing structures on the Johnson Farm and the Ballentine Farm near Fuquay-Varina. The district includes notable examples of Classical Revival and Victorian style architecture. Notable resources include the William Wesley Johnson House, The Log Cabin, James E. Ballentine House (1890), The Creamery, Dairy Barn (1915), a family cemetery and the surrounding farm landscape.
Plymouth Historic District is a national historic district located at Creswell, Washington County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 78 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Creswell. It was largely developed between about 1874 and 1952 and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival, American Craftsman and Late Victorian style architecture. Notable buildings include the A. G. Walker Store, A. G. Walker House (1878), Hopkins Hotel (1890), Claude T. Spruill House (1890), Alfred Alexander House (1890), Bateman Store, 0. D. Hatfield Store, Christ Episcopal Church (1898), Creswell Baptist Church, Creswell Episcopal Methodist Church (1918), and Davenport's Market.
Lucama Municipal Historic District is a national historic district located at Lucama, Wilson County, North Carolina. It encompasses 42 contributing buildings in the railroad town of Lucama. The district developed between about 1890 to 1930 and includes notable examples of Classical Revival, Bungalow / American Craftsman, and Victorian style architecture. Notable buildings include the Will Davis Store, Jesse Lucas Store, Lucama Depot (1905), Kinchen Barnes Store, W. J. Newsome Store, Lousetta Newsome House (1887), Dr. Ben Hackney House, and Lucama Methodist Church (1915).
East Wilson Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina. It encompasses 858 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in a historically African-American section of Wilson. The district developed between about 1890 to 1940 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Bungalow / American Craftsman, and Shotgun style architecture. Notable buildings include the Reverend Henry W. Farrior House, Charles Thomas House, Samuel Vick House, Dr. Mathew Gillam House, Wilson Colored High School (1924), and Samuel H. Vick Elementary School (1939).