Avery Avenue Historic District

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Avery Avenue Historic District
Lenoir Street and Short Street, Morganton, NC.jpg
Contributing Structure at Lenoir and Short
Avery Avenue Historic District is located in North Carolina
Avery Avenue Historic District
LocationRoughly along parts of Avery, Lenoir, Morehead, Walker, Evans, & Short Sts., Morganton, North Carolina
Coordinates35°45′11″N 81°41′18″W / 35.75306°N 81.68833°W / 35.75306; -81.68833Coordinates: 35°45′11″N 81°41′18″W / 35.75306°N 81.68833°W / 35.75306; -81.68833
Area43 acres (17 ha)
Built1875 (1875)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Late Victorian
MPSMorganton MRA
NRHP reference No.87001915[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 9, 1987

Avery Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It encompasses 112 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Morganton. They were built between about 1875 and 1935, and include representative examples of Colonial Revival, Bungalow / American Craftsman, and Late Victorian style architecture.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Suzanne Pickens Wylie (July 1986). "Avery Avenue Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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