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Wesley Heights Historic District

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Architect
  
Asbury, Louis; et al.

Area
  
42 ha

Added to NRHP
  
29 November 1995

NRHP Reference #
  
95001397

Year built
  
1911

Wesley Heights Historic District

Location
  
Bounded by W. Morehead St., Woodruff Pl., Lela Ave., CSX RR tracks, Tuckaseegee Rd., W. Trade St. and S. Summit Ave., Charlotte, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival

Wesley Heights Historic District is a national historic district located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 335 contributing buildings in the former streetcar suburb of Wesley Heights. It was developed after 1911 and includes notable examples of Bungalow / American Craftsman, Colonial Revival, and Tudor Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the Wesley Heights Methodist Episcopal Church (now Greater Bethel A. M. E. Church) designed by noted architect Louis H. Asbury, St. Mark's Baptist Church (formerly St. Andrew's Episcopal Church), Bomar Apartments (1928), and the Wadsworth House (1911) and Catawba Apartments also designed by Louis H. Asbury.

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

References

Wesley Heights Historic District Wikipedia