West Main Street Historic District (Forest City, North Carolina)

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West Main Street Historic District
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Location121 Cool Springs Dr., 343-499 W. Maine St., 121 Memorial Dr., Forest City, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°20′20″N81°52′16″W / 35.33889°N 81.87111°W / 35.33889; -81.87111 Coordinates: 35°20′20″N81°52′16″W / 35.33889°N 81.87111°W / 35.33889; -81.87111
Area27 acres (11 ha)
Built1867 (1867)
ArchitectAsbury, Louis Humbert; Harrill, Chivous Gilmer
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 06001142 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 2006

West Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It encompasses 27 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Forest City. The district developed after 1867, and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Cool Springs High School designed by Louis H. Asbury (1877-1975). Other notable contributing resources include the Cool Springs Cemetery (est. 1867), First Presbyterian Church (1940), the Cool Springs Gymnasium (1958), Lovelace-Ragin House (1928), Harrill-Wilkins House (1925), Frank B. and Mae Bridges Wilkins House (c. 1910), McDaniel House (1913), Biggerstaff-Griffin House (1925), and McMurry-Bodie House (1928). [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [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. Heather Fearnbach (November 2005). "West Main Street Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.