Summit Avenue Historic District Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marvin A. Brown . Summit Avenue Historic District . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . December 1992. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-11-01.