Cary Historic District | |
Location | Roughly along Dry Ave., S. Academy St., and Park St., Cary, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°47′09″N 78°46′56″W / 35.78583°N 78.78222°W |
Area | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
Built | c. 1907 |
Architect | Works Progress Administration |
Architectural style | Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman |
MPS | Wake County MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 01000425[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 25, 2001 |
Cary Historic District is a national historic district located at Cary, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 39 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Cary. The district developed between about 1890 and 1945, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the former Cary High School (Later Cary Elementary School at application, now Cary Arts Center[2]) built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration, Esther Ivey House (c. 1890), Captain Harrison P. Guess House (1830s, c. 1900), and Dr. John P. Hunter House (c. 1925).[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "History & Public Art". Town of Cary.
- ↑ Kelly Lally Molloy (December 2000). "Cary Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
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