Green Park Historic District Explained

Green Park Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Jct. of US 321 and Green Hill and Rock Rds., Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.9156°N -81.5381°W
Architect:multiple, including Barnes & Champney
Builder:multiple, including Lee Hayes, Charles Moody
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
Added:August 19, 1994
Refnum:94001020

Green Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Blowing Rock in Caldwell County and Watauga County, North Carolina. The district includes 46 contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and 2two contributing structures associated with a residential summer resort in the town of Blowing Rock. It includes buildings largely built in the 1920s, in a variety of popular architectural styles including Bungalow / American Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Queen Anne. Notable contributing resources include the McDowell Cottage, Mt. Bethel Reformed Church, Blowing Rock Reception Center/Gift Shop, Robert A. Dunn Cottage, Gideon's Ridge, the James Ross Cannon House, the David Ovens Cottage, Blowing Rock, and the Blowing Rock Country Club Golf Course. Located in the district and separately listed is the Green Park Inn (1891).[1]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davyd Foard Hood and Laura A. W. Phillips . Green Park Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . June 1994. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.