McAdenville Historic District explained

McAdenville Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:100-413 Main St., Elm and Poplar Sts., and cross sts. from I-85 to S. Fork of Catawba River, McAdenville, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.2606°N -81.0806°W
Architect:Draper, Earle Sumner; et al.
Architecture:Late Victorian, Italianate
Added:February 5, 2009
Refnum:08001412

McAdenville Historic District is a national historic district located at McAdenville, Gaston County, North Carolina. It encompasses 93 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 7 contributing structures in the mill village associated with McAden Mills, a cotton mill chartered by the state legislature in 1881. The buildings were built between about 1884 and 1959, and include notable examples of Late Victorian and Italianate architecture. Notable buildings include 15 brick mill worker houses, remnants of McAden Mill No. 1 (1881–82) and McAden Mill No. 2 (1884–85), McAden Mill No. 3 (1906–07), and Pharr Corporate Offices (1906, c. 1955, c.1965) redesigned by Earle Sumner Draper.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: J. Daniel Pezzoni . McAdenville Historic District . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 2008. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-11-01.