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Mooresville Historic District

Coordinates: 35°34′59″N 80°48′45″W / 35.58306°N 80.81250°W / 35.58306; -80.81250
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Mooresville Historic District
Mooresville Historic District is located in North Carolina
Mooresville Historic District
Location in North Carolina
Mooresville Historic District is located in the United States
Mooresville Historic District
Location in United States
LocationPortions of Main St., E. McLelland Ave., Broad St., and Academy St., Mooresville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°34′59″N 80°48′45″W / 35.58306°N 80.81250°W / 35.58306; -80.81250
Area21 acres (8.5 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleRenaissance, Italianate, Romanesque
MPSIredell County MRA
NRHP reference No.80002861[1] (original)
100005197 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1980
Boundary increaseApril 23, 2020

Mooresville Historic District is a national historic district located in Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It encompasses 62 contributing buildings and 8 contributing sites in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Mooresville. The district includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Renaissance Revival architecture. Notable buildings include the Mooresville depot (c. 1920), the former Lorene Cotton Seed Oil Mill, First Presbyterian Church (1899), McLelland House, D. E. Turner Hardware Co. store, the former U. S. Post Office, and the McKnight Pontiac-Buick Co. (c. 1930).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980,[1] with an enlargement approved in 2020.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Laura A. W. Phillips (February 1980). "Mooresville Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  3. ^ "Weekly listing". National Park Service.
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