Downtown Main Street Historic District (North Wilkesboro, North Carolina)


Downtown Main Street Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

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Location	Roughly the 800 and 900 Blks of Main St., North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°9′34″N 81°8′47″W / 36.15944°N 81.14639°W / 36.15944; -81.14639Coordinates: 36°9′34″N 81°8′47″W / 36.15944°N 81.14639°W / 36.15944; -81.14639
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1891
Architect	Benton & Benton
Architectural style	Early Commercial, Classical Revival, et al.
NRHP Reference #	03000392^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 9, 2003

The Downtown Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina. It encompasses 29 contributing buildings in the central business district of North Wilkesboro. It developed between about 1891 and 1952, and includes notable examples of Classical Revival and Early Commercial style architecture. The noted architectural firm Benton & Benton designed the former Bank of North Wilkesboro II (1923), the Hotel Wilkes (1926), and the former Town Hall (1939). Other notable buildings include the Liberty Theater (c. 1946), former Bank of North Wilkesboro (1892), and Tomlinson Department Store (1927).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Laura A. W. Phillips (February 2002). "Downtown Main Street Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.

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