Downtown Sanford Historic District

	Downtown Sanford Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	City Hall, Downtown Sanford Historic District, March 2007
Location	Roughly bounded by Gordon St., Horner Blvd., Cole and Chatham Sts., Sanford, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°28′49″N 79°10′42″W / 35.48028°N 79.17833°W
Area	38 acres (15 ha)
Built	1872
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	85002561
Added to NRHP	September 28, 1985

Downtown Sanford Historic District is a national historic district located at Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina. It encompasses 53 contributing buildings in the central business district of Sanford. The district includes notable examples of Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Art Deco style architecture, with buildings largely dated between about 1895 to 1930. Located in the district are the separately listed Railroad House and Temple Theatre. Other notable buildings include the Sanford Buggy Company (c. 1908), McCracken Building (c. 1910), Passenger Depot (c. 1900), City Hall (c. 1909), Coca-Cola Bottling Company (c. 1908), Masonic Lodge (c. 1924), Makepeace Building (1924), Wilrick Hotel (1925), Bowers Building (c. 1925), Cole Pontiac Building (c. 1925), Hubbards Shoe Store (1926), Carolina Hotel (1930), and former U. S. Post Office (c. 1935).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Mary Ellen Bowen and Allison Black (May 1984). "Downtown Sanford Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.

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

[nrhpinv-2] Mary Ellen Bowen and Allison Black (May 1984). "Downtown Sanford Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.

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