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Fisher Park Historic District

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MPS
  
Greensboro MPS

Year built
  
1905

Area
  
58 ha

Fisher Park Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Fisher and Bessemer Aves. and Wharton and Church Sts.; 507 N. Church St., Greensboro, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Bungalow/craftsman, Gothic, Foursquare, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival

NRHP Reference #
  
91002006, 96000963 (Boundary Increase)

Added to NRHP
  
January 22, 1992, September 12, 1996 (Boundary Increase)

Fisher park historic district top 6 facts


Fisher Park Historic District is a national historic district in the Fisher Park neighborhood, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 541 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 44 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Greensboro. The houses were largely built between the 1900s and 1930s and include notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival, American Foursquare, and Bungalow / American Craftsman-style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Dixon-Leftwich-Murphy House, John Marion Galloway House, Julian Price House, and Latham-Baker House. Other notable buildings include the First Presbyterian Church (1928), Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (1922), Gant-McAlister House (c. 1910–15), and A.J. Schlosser House (c. 1922).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, with a boundary increase in 1996.

References

Fisher Park Historic District Wikipedia