Yadkin College Historic District Explained

Yadkin College Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:N and S sides of SR 1194 W of SR 1436, Yadkin College, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.8756°N -80.3822°W
Architect:Owen, H. Bentley
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival
Added:February 25, 1988
Refnum:88000165

Yadkin College Historic District is a national historic district located at Yadkin College, Davidson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 38 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 5 contributing structures in the village of Yadkin College. The contributing buildings include the 1856 Yadkin College building, one antebellum house, 11 houses built between about 1870 and 1890, and the Yadkin College Methodist Protestant Church (1886). The sites are the Yadkin College Cemetery, the site of the 1881 Yadkin College building, site of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and site of the post office, blacksmith shop and jail. The structures are traditional wells and corn cribs.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ruth Little and Paul Touart. Yadkin College Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . 1983–1987 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-10-01.