Irving Park Historic District

Irving Park Historic District
Location Roughly bounded by Buffalo Cr., Battleground Ave., Cornwallis Dr. and W. Northwood St., Greensboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°05′47″N 79°47′54″W / 36.09639°N 79.79833°W / 36.09639; -79.79833Coordinates: 36°05′47″N 79°47′54″W / 36.09639°N 79.79833°W / 36.09639; -79.79833
Area 145 acres (59 ha)
Built 1911 (1911)-1930s
Architect Nolen, John; Et al.
Architectural style Tudor Revival, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival
MPS Greensboro MPS
NRHP Reference # 94001050[1]
Added to NRHP February 21, 1995

Irving Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 164 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, 2 contributing structures, and 2 contributing objects in an affluent planned suburb of Greensboro. It developed around the Greensboro Country Club. The houses were largely built between 1911 and the 1930s and include notable examples of Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Classical Revival-style architecture. Notable buildings include the first Robert Jesse Mebane House, the Cummins A. Mebane House, the Lynn Williamson House, the first J. Spencer Love House, the Aubrey L. Brooks House, Carl I. Carlson House, the Van Wyck Williams House, the Lavlson L. Simmons House, the Albert J. Klutz House, the Irving Park Manor Apartments, McAdoo-Sanders-Tatum House, the Alfred M. Scales House, and the Herman Cone House.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Laura A. W. Phillips (April 1994). "Irving Park Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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