South Greensboro Historic District Explained

South Greensboro Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly bounded by Gorrell, Martin, E. Bragg, Sevier, Omaha, Broad, Caldwell, Andrew, Vance, McCulloch, and King Dr., Greensboro, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.0611°N -79.785°W
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman, Italianate, Queen Anne
Added:December 20, 1991
Refnum:91001812

South Greensboro Historic District, also known as the Asheboro Street Historic District, is a national historic district located in the Southside neighborhood, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 327 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 10 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Greensboro. The houses were largely built between the 1870s and the 1930s and include notable examples of Queen Anne, Italianate, American Foursquare, and Bungalow / American Craftsman-style architecture. Notable buildings include the Atkinson House, Hanner House, B.E. Jones House, T. Bernard House, C.O. Younts House, W.S. Witherspoon House, and R. N. Watson House, former Asheboro Street Church (now Skeenes Chapel, 1910-1913), and Nettie Mae Coad Apartments (c. 1922).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marvin A. Brown . South Greensboro Historic District . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 1991 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-11-01.