McAdenville Historic District

McAdenville Historic District

McAdenville Historic District, December 2012
Location 100-413 Main St., Elm and Poplar Sts., and cross sts. from I-85 to S. Fork of Catawba River, McAdenville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°15′38″N 81°04′50″W / 35.26056°N 81.08056°W / 35.26056; -81.08056Coordinates: 35°15′38″N 81°04′50″W / 35.26056°N 81.08056°W / 35.26056; -81.08056
Area 85 acres (34 ha)
Built 1884 (1884)
Architect Draper, Earle Sumner; et al.
Architectural style Late Victorian, Italianate
NRHP Reference # 08001412[1]
Added to NRHP February 5, 2009

McAdenville Historic District is a national historic district located at McAdenville, Gaston County, North Carolina. It encompasses 93 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 7 contributing structures in the mill village associated with McAden Mills, a cotton mill chartered by the state legislature in 1881. The buildings were built between about 1884 and 1959, and include notable examples of Late Victorian and Italianate architecture. Notable buildings include 15 brick mill worker houses, remnants of McAden Mill No. 1 (1881–82) and McAden Mill No. 2 (1884–85), McAden Mill No. 3 (1906–07), and Pharr Corporate Offices (1906, c. 1955, c.1965) redesigned by Earle Sumner Draper.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. J. Daniel Pezzoni (July 2008). "McAdenville 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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