Mount Gilead Downtown Historic District

Coordinates: 35°12′54″N 80°00′07″W / 35.21500°N 80.00194°W / 35.21500; -80.00194
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Mount Gilead Downtown Historic District
First Baptist Church, March 2007
Mount Gilead Downtown Historic District is located in North Carolina
Mount Gilead Downtown Historic District
Mount Gilead Downtown Historic District is located in the United States
Mount Gilead Downtown Historic District
LocationMain St. from First Ave. to 106 and 117 S. Main St., and the 100 blocks of West Allenton St., Mt. Gilead, North Carolina
Coordinates35°12′54″N 80°00′07″W / 35.21500°N 80.00194°W / 35.21500; -80.00194
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1900 (1900)
ArchitectHaywood, W.T.; Holt, Dewitt
Architectural styleEarly Commercial, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.05001447[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 23, 2005

Mount Gilead Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Gilead, Montgomery County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 25 contributing buildings in the central business district of Mount Gilead. It was developed between 1900 and 1955 and includes notable examples of Early Commercial and Romanesque Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the Harris Building (1916), Mt. Gilead Town Hall and Annex (1939, 1955, 1960), Mt. Gilead Post Office (1910), First United Methodist Church (1910, 1960), First Baptist Church (1919), Randolph Knitting Company (1910), and Kennedy's Taxi Stand (1920s).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Edward F. Turberg (July 2005). "Mount Gilead Downtown Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.