Summit Avenue Historic District | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Nocat: | yes |
Location: | Roughly bounded by Chestnut, E. Bessemer, Cypress, Dewey, Park, and Percy Sts., Greensboro, North Carolina |
Coordinates: | 36.0817°N -79.7819°W |
Architect: | Barton, Harry; Starrett and Van Vleck |
Architecture: | Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman, Foursquare |
Added: | August 5, 1993 |
Refnum: | 93000768 |
Summit Avenue Historic District, also known as the Dunleath Historic District and formally as the Charles B. Aycock Historic District, is a national historic district located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 226 contributing buildings in a middle- and upper-class residential section of Greensboro. The houses were largely built between the 1890s and 1930s and include notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, American Foursquare, and Bungalow / American Craftsman-style architecture. The Sigmund Sternberger House (1926) is listed separately. Other notable buildings include the John C. Clapp House (c. 1900-1905), Robert L. Potts House (c. 1900-1905), William B. Vaught House (c. 1906), Edgar B. Jennette House (c. 1925-1930), and the Charles B. Aycock School (1922) designed by Starrett & van Vleck.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.