Davidson Historic District

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Davidson Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Davidson Historic District around 1970
35°30′29″N 80°50′51″W / 35.50806°N 80.84750°W / 35.50806; -80.84750
Area	310 acres (130 ha)
Built	1837 (1837)
Built by	Dinkins, Lewis; Lemly, Samuel
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	09000381^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 1, 2009

Davidson Historic District is a national historic district located at Davidson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 394 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential neighborhoods of Davidson and campus of Davidson College. It was developed after 1837 and includes notable examples of Italianate, Greek Revival, and Gothic Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Eumenean Hall and Philanthropic Hall. Other notable buildings include the Maxwell Chambers Building, Jackson Row (1928), Helper Hotel (1848), Johnston Grocery Store (1912), Southern Railway Depot (1897), Linden Cotton Factory (1890), Delburg Cotton Mills (1908), Davidson United Methodist Church (1908), Davidson College Presbyterian Church (1951), and Carnegie Library (1909).^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Richard L. Mattson and Frances P. Alexander (December 2008). "Davidson Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.