Main Street Historic District (Rutherfordton, North Carolina)

	Main Street Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Downtown Rutherfordton, July 2012
Location	Roughly bounded by Taylor, Court, Washington and W. Third Sts., Rutherfordton, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°22′04″N 81°57′27″W / 35.36778°N 81.95750°W
Area	10.8 acres (4.4 ha)
Built	1925
Architect	Louis H. Asbury; Milburn, Heister & Company
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.	95001419
Added to NRHP	December 7, 1995

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.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

Gallery

Norris Public Library, 2016
Old City Hall, 2016
Old Post Office, 2016

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Davyd Foard Hood (August 1995). "Main Street Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] Davyd Foard Hood (August 1995). "Main Street Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.

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