Carthage Historic District (Carthage, North Carolina)

Carthage Historic District
Jenkins House, Carthage Historic District, March 2007
Location Roughly, McReynolds St. between Barrett St. and Glendons Rd. and parts of Barrett, Ray, Pinecrest and Brooklyn Sts., Carthage, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°21′04″N 79°25′23″W / 35.35111°N 79.42306°W / 35.35111; -79.42306Coordinates: 35°21′04″N 79°25′23″W / 35.35111°N 79.42306°W / 35.35111; -79.42306
Area 75 acres (30 ha)
Built 1851 (1851)
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 92000182[1]
Added to NRHP March 19, 1992

Carthage Historic District is a national historic district located at Carthage, Moore County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 85 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 5 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Carthage. It was developed between the 1850s and 1940 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Greek Revival, and Colonial Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the Carthage Methodist Church (1898-1900), (former) Carthage Community House (1939-1940) built by the National Youth Administration, the "Chub" Seawell House, Edgehill, Charles Sinclair House, Dr. John Shaw House, Humber-Spencer House, Adams-Bryan House, Jenkins House, Harley-Muse House (1879), George Calvin Graves House (1882, 1897), W. T. Jones House (1897), the Methodist Parsonage (1922), and Presbyterian Manse.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Allison H. Black (December 1991). "Carthage Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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