Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library and Teacher's Home

Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library and Teacher's Home
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library, February 2015
Show map of North Carolina Show map of the United States
Location	100 S. Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°14′27″N81°20′34″W / 35.24083°N 81.34278°W / 35.24083; -81.34278
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1923 (1923), 1987–1988, 1999–2000
Architectural style	Southern Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	14001049 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 16, 2014

Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library and Teacher's Home, also known as the Mauney Memorial Library and Dr. Jacob George Van Buren Hord House, is a historic home and library located at Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1923 as a private dwelling and donated to the city of Kings Mountain in 1947. From 1947 to about 1962–1963, the building also functioned as a teacherage for the Kings Mountain school system. It is a two-story, five-bay, yellow-brick Southern Colonial Revival-style house. The front facade features a two-story, pedimented tetrastyle portico with stucco-finished masonry columns. It has a one-story rear block added in 1987–1988 and the Harris Children's Wing, a two-level addition of 1999–2000. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/15/14 through 12/19/14. National Park Service. December 24, 2014.
2. Davyd Foard Hood (February 2014). "Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library and Teacher's Home" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.