Canton Main Street Historic District

Canton Main Street Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Bounded roughly by Park St., Main St., Bridge St., and Adams St., Canton, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°31′59″N 82°50′19″W / 35.53306°N 82.83861°WCoordinates: 35°31′59″N 82°50′19″W / 35.53306°N 82.83861°W
Area	14 acres (5.7 ha)
Built	1908
Architect	Benton & Benton; et al.
Architectural style	Early Commercial, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals
NRHP Reference #	05000958[1]
Added to NRHP	September 7, 2005

The Canton Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina. It includes 34 contributing buildings and one other contributing structure and includes architecture by Benton & Benton. It includes Early Commercial architecture and Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Colonial Theater. Other notable buildings include the P L & S Building (1932), Champion Fibre Company Office Building (1918), Champion Bank and Trust (c. 1925), Imperial Hotel (c. 1885; additions 1916 and 1925), and the former United States Post Office (1939).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Sybil Argintar Bowers (n.d.). "Canton Main Street Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.