Bessemer City Downtown Historic District

	Bessemer City Downtown Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
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Location	Roughly bounded by 13th & E. Alabama Sts., E. & W. Virginia, E. Alabama & W. Pennsylvania Aves., Bessemer City, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°17′02″N 81°17′03″W / 35.28389°N 81.28417°WCoordinates: 35°17′02″N 81°17′03″W / 35.28389°N 81.28417°W
Area	23 acres (9.3 ha)
Built	1896
Architectural style	Commercial Style
NRHP reference No.	14000228
Added to NRHP	May 19, 2014

The Bessemer City Downtown Historic District is a national historic district in Bessemer City, Gaston County, North Carolina. It encompasses 23 contributing buildings and 10 contributing structures in Bessemer City's central business district. The buildings were built between after 1896, and include one- and two-story commercial buildings and two large, sprawling textile mill complexes. Notable buildings include:

Whetstone Cotton Mills-Huss Manufacturing Company-Algodon Manufacturing Division of Pyramid Mills (1903, 1909, c. 1960)
Southern Cotton Mills-Osage Manufacturing Company (1895, 1896, c. 1905, c. 1935, c. 1960)
Gamble Hardware (c. 1945)
Central Drug Store (1927, 1960s)
Winn-Dixie Grocery (c. 1926)
Shulman's Department Store (c. 1920; c. 1940; c. 1960)
Kincaid Service Station and Pontiac Dealership (1932, c. 1937, c. 1960).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/29/14 through 5/23/14. National Park Service. 2014-05-30.
^ Laura A. W. Phillips (December 2013). "Bessemer City Downtown Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.

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[nps-1] "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/29/14 through 5/23/14. National Park Service. 2014-05-30.

[nrhpinv-2] Laura A. W. Phillips (December 2013). "Bessemer City Downtown Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.

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