West Main Street Historic District (Forest City, North Carolina)
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West Main Street Historic District | |
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McMurry-Bodie House | |
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| Location | 121 Cool Springs Dr., 343-499 W. Maine St., 121 Memorial Dr., Forest City, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°20′20″N 81°52′16″W / 35.33889°N 81.87111°WCoordinates: 35°20′20″N 81°52′16″W / 35.33889°N 81.87111°W |
| Area | 27 acres (11 ha) |
| Built | 1867 |
| Architect | Asbury, Louis Humbert; Harrill, Chivous Gilmer |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 06001142[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 20, 2006 |
West Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It encompasses 27 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Forest City. The district developed after 1867, and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Cool Springs High School designed by Louis H. Asbury (1877-1975). Other notable contributing resources include the Cool Springs Cemetery (est. 1867), First Presbyterian Church (1940), the Cool Springs Gymnasium (1958), Lovelace-Ragin House (1928), Harrill-Wilkins House (1925), Frank B. and Mae Bridges Wilkins House (c. 1910), McDaniel House (1913), Biggerstaff-Griffin House (1925), and McMurry-Bodie House (1928).[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Heather Fearnbach (November 2005). "West Main Street Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
