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West Main Street Historic District (Forest City, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°20′20″N 81°52′16″W / 35.33889°N 81.87111°W / 35.33889; -81.87111
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West Main Street Historic District
McMurry-Bodie House, 2015
West Main Street Historic District (Forest City, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
West Main Street Historic District (Forest City, North Carolina)
West Main Street Historic District (Forest City, North Carolina) is located in the United States
West Main Street Historic District (Forest City, North Carolina)
Location121 Cool Springs Dr., 343-499 W. Maine St., 121 Memorial Dr., Forest City, North Carolina
Coordinates35°20′20″N 81°52′16″W / 35.33889°N 81.87111°W / 35.33889; -81.87111
Area27 acres (11 ha)
Built1867 (1867)
ArchitectAsbury, Louis Humbert; Harrill, Chivous Gilmer
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.06001142[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 2006

West Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It encompasses 27 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Forest City. The district developed after 1867, and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Cool Springs High School designed by Louis H. Asbury (1877-1975). Other notable contributing resources include the Cool Springs Cemetery (est. 1867), First Presbyterian Church (1940), the Cool Springs Gymnasium (1958), Lovelace-Ragin House (1928), Harrill-Wilkins House (1925), Frank B. and Mae Bridges Wilkins House (c. 1910), McDaniel House (1913), Biggerstaff-Griffin House (1925), and McMurry-Bodie House (1928).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Heather Fearnbach (November 2005). "West Main Street Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.