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West Durham Historic District

Coordinates: 35°59′39″N 78°52′31″W / 35.99417°N 78.87528°W / 35.99417; -78.87528
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West Durham Historic District
St. Joseph's Episcopal Church
West Durham Historic District is located in North Carolina
West Durham Historic District
West Durham Historic District is located in the United States
West Durham Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Knox, Ninth, W. Main Sts., and Rutherford St. and Carolina Ave., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates35°59′39″N 78°52′31″W / 35.99417°N 78.87528°W / 35.99417; -78.87528
Area89.4 acres (36.2 ha)
Built1892 (1892)
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Queen Anne, Italianate
MPSDurham MRA
NRHP reference No.86000680[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 26, 1986

West Durham Historic District is a national historic district located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 101 contributing buildings in a mixed industrial, commercial, and residential section of Durham. The buildings primarily date after 1892 and include notable examples of Classical Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Erwin Cotton Mills Company Mill No. 1 Headquarters Building. Other notable buildings include Erwin Cotton Mills Co. Mill No. 4 (1909–10), Erwin Cotton Mills Co. worker's housing (1910s), Fidelity Bank (1920s), E. K. Powe School (1928), Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church (1922), and St. Joseph's Episcopal Church.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[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. ^ Claudia Roberts Brown (June 1984). "West Durham Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.