South Greensboro Historic District

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South Greensboro Historic District
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Atkinson House, June 2007
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LocationRoughly bounded by Gorrell, Martin, E. Bragg, Sevier, Omaha, Broad, Caldwell, Andrew, Vance, McCulloch, and King Dr., Greensboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°03′40″N79°47′06″W / 36.06111°N 79.78500°W / 36.06111; -79.78500 Coordinates: 36°03′40″N79°47′06″W / 36.06111°N 79.78500°W / 36.06111; -79.78500
Area116 acres (47 ha)
Built1891 (1891)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Italianate, Queen Anne
MPS Greensboro MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001812 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 1991

South Greensboro Historic District, also known as the Asheboro Street Historic District, is a national historic district located in the Southside neighborhood, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 327 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 10 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Greensboro. The houses were largely built between the 1870s and the 1930s and include notable examples of Queen Anne, Italianate, American Foursquare, and Bungalow / American Craftsman-style architecture. Notable buildings include the Atkinson House, Hanner House, B.E. Jones House, T. Bernard House, C.O. Younts House, W.S. Witherspoon House, and R. N. Watson House, former Asheboro Street Church (now Skeenes Chapel, 1910-1913), and Nettie Mae Coad Apartments (c. 1922). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Marvin A. Brown (July 1991). "South Greensboro Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.