Wadesboro Downtown Historic District Explained

Wadesboro Downtown Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly bounded by Martin, Rutherford, Morgan, Lee, and Brent Sts., Wadesboro, North Carolina
Coordinates:34.9658°N -80.0769°W
Built:1783
Architect:Wheeler & Stern
et al.
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival
Added:April 1, 1999
Refnum:99000425

The Wadesboro Downtown Historic District is a 32acres national historic district located at Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina. It included 81 contributing buildings, one contributing structure and one contributing object (Confederate Memorial Monument) in the governmental and commercial core of the City of Wadesboro. It includes work by architects Wheeler & Stern. Notable buildings include the Anson County Courthouse (1914), U.S. Post Office, the Boggan-Hammond House and Alexander Little Wing, the Burns Inn (now the Leavitt Funeral Home), Parsons Pharmacy, Leak's Hardware Company Building, and the Ansonia Theater.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard L. Mattson and Frances P. Alexander. Wadesboro Downtown Historic District . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d.. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.