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Main Street Historic District (Rutherfordton, North Carolina)

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NRHP Reference #
  
95001419

Year built
  
1925

Area
  
4 ha

Added to NRHP
  
7 December 1995

Main Street Historic District (Rutherfordton, North Carolina)

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Taylor, Court, Washington and W. Third Sts., Rutherfordton, North Carolina

Architect
  
Louis H. Asbury; Milburn, Heister & Company

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Early Commercial

Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It encompasses 43 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Rutherfordton. The district developed from about 1898 to 1945, and includes notable examples of Classical Revival and Colonial Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Rutherford County Courthouse designed by Louis H. Asbury (1877-1975). Other notable contributing buildings include the U.S. Post Office (1931), the Norris Public Library (1933), (former) Rutherford County Jail, Commercial National Bank, Keeter Hardware Company Building, Geer Commercial Building, Southern Hotel Company Building, Geer-Warlick Motor Company Building, and City Hall (1925) designed by Milburn, Heister & Company.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

References

Main Street Historic District (Rutherfordton, North Carolina) Wikipedia