Wallace Commercial Historic District

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Wallace Commercial Historic District
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LocationRoughly bounded by Southerland, College, Boney and Raleigh Sts., Wallace, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°44′08″N77°59′35″W / 34.73556°N 77.99306°W / 34.73556; -77.99306 Coordinates: 34°44′08″N77°59′35″W / 34.73556°N 77.99306°W / 34.73556; -77.99306
Area17.3 acres (7.0 ha)
Built1838 (1838)
ArchitectLeslie N. Boney Sr., Louis Simon
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Moderne
MPS Duplin County MPS
NRHP reference No. 95001179 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 20, 1995

Wallace Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Wallace, Duplin County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 55 contributing buildings in the central business district of Wallace. It primarily includes commercial buildings with notable examples of Queen Anne and Moderne style architecture. Notable buildings include the (former) Wallace Post Office (1940-1941), (former) Farmers Bank & Trust Company (1922), White House Cafe, Wallace Depot and Freight Warehouse, Oscar Rivenbark Wholesale Building (c. 1945), Johnson Cotton Company Building and adjacent Warehouse (c. 1945), Blanchard Pontiac dealership (c. 1945), and the former Robert Carr Gulf Station (c. 1936). [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [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. Ed Turberg (September 1995). "Wallace Commercial Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.