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Old Fort Commercial Historic District

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Built
  
1894 (1894)-1960

Area
  
4 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
11000257

Added to NRHP
  
29 April 2011

Old Fort Commercial Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by E. Main, Spring, Commerce & W. Main Sts., Old Fort, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Commercial Style, Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Art Moderne

Old Fort Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Old Fort, McDowell County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 11 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Old Fort. It includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival and Art Moderne architecture built between 1894 and 1960. Notable buildings include the Bank of Old Fort (c. 1895), Rockett Motors (c. 1940), Roxy Theatre (1946, c. 1962), and Railroad Depot (1894).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

References

Old Fort Commercial Historic District Wikipedia