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Kenworth Historic District

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MPS
  
Hickory MRA

Year built
  
1915

Area
  
9 ha

Kenworth Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by 2nd Ave., 5th St. and 3rd Ave. Dr. SE; Roughly along Fifth St. SE, Fifth Ave. SE, third Avenue Dr. SE, and Second Ave. SE, Hickory, North Carolina

Architect
  
Asbury, Louis; Blair and Drane

Architectural style
  
Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival

NRHP Reference #
  
85001054, 05000435 (Boundary Increase)

Added to NRHP
  
May 9, 1985, May 18, 2005 (Boundary Increase)

Kenworth historic district top 7 facts


Kenworth Historic District is a national historic district located at Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 52 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in the planned subdivision of Kenworth in Hickory. Most of the buildings date between the early- and mid-20th century and include notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the (former) Christ Lutheran Church (1926), Kenworth Elementary School (1913), Frederick O. Bock House (1923), Nichelson-Abernethy House (1922), Speas-Duval House (1921), Clyde L. Herman House (c. 1922), Kennedy-Setzer House (1921), and Payne-Bothwell-Scheller House (1921).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, with a boundary increase in 2005.

References

Kenworth Historic District Wikipedia