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Golden Belt Historic District

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MPS
  
Durham MRA

Year built
  
1901

Area
  
16 ha

Golden Belt Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by N & W RR, Taylor, Holman Sts., Morning Glory Ave. and Main St.; also 1000-1004 E. Main St., Durham, North Carolina

Architect
  
Mitchell, Andrew C.; Multiple

Architectural style
  
Romanesque, Bungalow/craftsman, Classical Revival

NRHP Reference #
  
85001791, 96000816 (Boundary Increase)

Added to NRHP
  
August 9, 1985, July 30, 1996 (Boundary Increase)

Golden belt historic district top 5 facts


Golden Belt Historic District is a national historic district located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 116 contributing buildings in a mixed industrial, commercial, and residential section of Durham. The focus of the district are the Romanesque Revival style buildings associated with the Golden Belt Manufacturing Company plant. Associated with the company are 109 worker's houses built in 1900-1902 and bungalows built in the late 1910s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, with a boundary increase in 1996.

References

Golden Belt Historic District Wikipedia


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