Mooresville Historic District

Mooresville Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Portions of Main St., E. McLelland Ave., Broad St., and Academy St., Mooresville, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°34′59″N 80°48′45″W / 35.58306°N 80.81250°WCoordinates: 35°34′59″N 80°48′45″W / 35.58306°N 80.81250°W
Area	21 acres (8.5 ha)
Architectural style	Renaissance, Italianate, Romanesque
MPS	Iredell County MRA
NRHP Reference #	80002861[1]
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1980

Mooresville Historic District is a national historic district located at Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It encompasses 62 contributing buildings and 8 contributing sites in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Mooresville. The district includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Renaissance Revival architecture. Notable buildings include the Mooresville depot (c. 1920), the former Lorene Cotton Seed Oil Mill, First Presbyterian Church (1899), McLelland House, D. E. Turner Hardware Co. store, the former U. S. Post Office, and the McKnight Pontiac-Buick Co. (c. 1930).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

Gallery

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  A present-day view down a busy street lined with buildings from 1890 to 1960; A view of Broad Street, part of the Historic District

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Laura A. W. Phillips (February 1980). "Mooresville Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.

External links

• Mooresville Historic Preservation Commission