South King Street Historic District

South King Street Historic District
Location S. King St., Morganton, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°44′34″N 81°41′12″W / 35.74278°N 81.68667°W / 35.74278; -81.68667Coordinates: 35°44′34″N 81°41′12″W / 35.74278°N 81.68667°W / 35.74278; -81.68667
Area 5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built c. 1890 (1890)
Architect Marsh, M.R.; Et al.
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Georgian Revival
MPS Morganton MRA
NRHP Reference # 87001920[1]
Added to NRHP November 9, 1987

South King Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It encompasses 10 contributing buildings in Morganton. It includes residential, religious, and educational buildings built between about 1893 and 1939. It includes representative examples of Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival, and Gothic Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the Grace Episcopal Church (c. 1893), Morganton Library (c. 1935), and Works Progress Administration constructed nurses' home.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Suzanne Pickens Wylie (July 1986). "South King Street 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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