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Nashville Historic District (Nashville, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°58′20″N 77°57′54″W / 35.97222°N 77.96500°W / 35.97222; -77.96500
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Nashville Historic District
Washington Street near the county courthouse
Nashville Historic District (Nashville, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Nashville Historic District (Nashville, North Carolina)
Nashville Historic District (Nashville, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Nashville Historic District (Nashville, North Carolina)
LocationRoughly 100-400 W. Washington and 100-300 E. Washington Sts., Nashville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°58′20″N 77°57′54″W / 35.97222°N 77.96500°W / 35.97222; -77.96500
Area60 acres (24 ha)
Built1830 (1830)
ArchitectStout, John C.; Et al.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne, L-plan
NRHP reference No.87001185[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 22, 1987

Nashville Historic District is a national historic district located at Nashville, Nash County, North Carolina. It encompasses 142 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in the rural county seat of Nashville. The buildings primarily date between 1890 and 1930, and include notable examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Classical Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Bissette-Cooley House and Nash County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Graphic Building (c. 1910), Baldy Batchelor Livery Stable (c. 1900), Weldon's Department Store (1913), Ricks-Strickland House (1890s), Squire Harper House (1868), two metal-veneered "Lustron houses," Neville-Strickland House (1907), Primitive Baptist Church, First Methodist Church (1923), and former Baptist Church.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Richard Mattson (January 1987). "Nashville Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.