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Mount Airy Historic District (Mount Airy, North Carolina)

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Coordinates: 36°29′59″N 80°36′25″W / 36.49972°N 80.60694°W / 36.49972; -80.60694
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Mount Airy Historic District
Mount Airy Historic District, January 2011
Mount Airy Historic District (Mount Airy, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Mount Airy Historic District (Mount Airy, North Carolina)
Mount Airy Historic District (Mount Airy, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Mount Airy Historic District (Mount Airy, North Carolina)
LocationMain, Brown, Market, Franklin, W. Pine, Rockford, Worth, Cherry, and Gilmer Sts., Moore, and Hines Aves.; Willow & W. Oak Sts., Mount Airy, North Carolina
Coordinates36°29′59″N 80°36′25″W / 36.49972°N 80.60694°W / 36.49972; -80.60694
Area115 acres (47 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/craftsman, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.85002931 (original)
12000581[1] (increase)
100006394 (decrease)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 3, 1985, August 28, 2012 (Boundary Increase)
Boundary increaseAugust 28, 2012
Boundary decreaseApril 9, 2021

Mount Airy Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 187 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding industrial and residential sections of Mount Airy. They were primarily built between about 1880 and 1930 and include notable examples of Late Victorian and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed W. F. Carter House and Trinity Episcopal Church. Other notable buildings include the Abram Haywood Merritt House (1902), William A. Estes House (c. 1875), Thomas Fawcett House (c. 1895), J. D. Sargent House (1919), Campbell A. Baird House (1913), T. Benton Ashby House (c. 1912), First Baptist Church (1906-1912), Mount Airy Friends (1904), Presbyterian Church (1907-1914), Merritt Building (c. 1905-1910), Banner Building (1906), Prather Block (c. 1892), Midkiff Hardware Store (c. 1910), Welch Block (c. 1890), West Drug Store (c. 1895), Belk's Building (c. 1890), (former) Workman's Federal Savings and Loan (c. 1891), (former) First National Bank (1893), Bank of Mount Airy (1923), U.S. Post Office (1932-1933), and the Sparger Brothers Tobacco Factory.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, with a boundary increase in 2012, and a boundary decrease in 2021.[1]

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  • United States Post Office, 2020
    United States Post Office, 2020
  • Trinity Episcopal Church, 2020
    Trinity Episcopal Church, 2020
  • N. Main Street Buildings, 2020
    N. Main Street Buildings, 2020
  • N. Main Street Buildings, 2020
    N. Main Street Buildings, 2020
  • N. Main Street Buildings, 2020
    N. Main Street Buildings, 2020
  • Merritt Building, 2020
    Merritt Building, 2020
  • Former First National Bank, 2020
    Former First National Bank, 2020
  • Earle Theater, 2020
    Earle Theater, 2020
  • Bank of Mount Airy, 2020
    Bank of Mount Airy, 2020

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Patricia S. Dickinson (June 1985). "Mount Airy Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  3. ^ Laura A. W. Phillips (June 1985). "Mount Airy Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved May 1, 2015.


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