Central School Historic District Explained

Central School Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly N. Battleground Ave., N. Piedmont Ave., E. King St., E. Ridge Ave., and N. Gaston St., Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.2428°N -81.3428°W
Architecture:Second Empire, Queen Anne, et al.
Added:May 18, 2001
Refnum:01000513

Central School Historic District is a national historic district located at Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina. It encompasses 52 contributing buildings and 4 contributing structures in a residential section of Kings Mountain. The houses date between about 1870 and 1950, and include representative examples of the Second Empire and Queen Anne architectural styles. Notable nonresidential buildings are the Second Southern Railway Depot (1925), St. Matthew's Lutheran Church (1921, 1950), First Presbyterian Church (1936), and Central·High School (1933).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Megan D. Eades & Brian R. Eades. Central School Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 2000 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.