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Oakwood Historic District (Hickory, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°44′15″N 81°20′43″W / 35.73750°N 81.34528°W / 35.73750; -81.34528
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Oakwood Historic District
Oakwood Elementary School
Oakwood Historic District (Hickory, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Oakwood Historic District (Hickory, North Carolina)
Oakwood Historic District (Hickory, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Oakwood Historic District (Hickory, North Carolina)
LocationRoughly bounded by Oakwood Cemetery and Fourth Ave. NW, Fourth St. NW, Second Ave. NW, and Sixth St. NW, Hickory, North Carolina
Coordinates35°44′15″N 81°20′43″W / 35.73750°N 81.34528°W / 35.73750; -81.34528
Area55 acres (22 ha)
ArchitectWheeler & Stearn; Et al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne
MPSHickory MRA
NRHP reference No.86000687[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 25, 1986

Oakwood Historic District is a national historic district located at Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It includes work designed by architects Wheeler & Stearn. It encompasses 50 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site (Oakwood Cemetery), and 1 contributing structure in an upscale residential section of Hickory. It includes notable examples of Colonial Revival, Bungalow / American Craftsman, and Queen Anne style architecture dating from the 1880s to 1930s. Notable buildings include the Robert E. Simpson House (1922), Walker Lyerly House (1913), Cline-Wilfong House (1912), Abel A. Shuford, II House (c. 1905), Paul A. Setzer House (1927), John H. P. Cilley House (1912), (first) Charles H. Geitner House (1900), Benjamin F. Seagle House (c. 1907), David L. Russell House (c. 1908, 1914), Robert W. Stevenson House (c. 1896), Jones W. Shuford House (1907), Dr. Robert T. Hambrick House (1928), Alfred P. Whitener House (c. 1906), and J. Summie Propst House (1881-1883).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Kirk F. Mohney (August 1984). "Oakwood Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.