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Cary Historic District

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Built
  
c. 1907 (1907)

NRHP Reference #
  
01000425

Added to NRHP
  
25 April 2001

MPS
  
Wake County MPS

Area
  
7 ha

Cary Historic District

Location
  
Roughly along Dry Ave., S. Academy St., and Park St., Cary, North Carolina

Architect
  
Works Progress Administration

Architectural style
  
Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman

Cary Historic District is a national historic district located at Cary, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 39 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Cary. The district developed between about 1890 and 1945, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the former Cary High School (now Cary Elementary School) built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration, Esther Ivey House (c. 1890), Captain Harrison P. Guess House (1830s, c. 1900), and Dr. John P. Hunter House (c. 1925).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

References

Cary Historic District Wikipedia