West Durham Historic District

West Durham Historic District

St. Joseph's Episcopal Church
Location Roughly bounded by Knox, Ninth, W. Main Sts., and Rutherford St. and Carolina Ave., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°59′39″N 78°52′31″W / 35.99417°N 78.87528°W / 35.99417; -78.87528Coordinates: 35°59′39″N 78°52′31″W / 35.99417°N 78.87528°W / 35.99417; -78.87528
Area 89.4 acres (36.2 ha)
Built 1892 (1892)
Architectural style Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Italianate
MPS Durham MRA
NRHP Reference # 86000680[1]
Added to NRHP March 26, 1986

West Durham Historic District is a national historic district located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 101 contributing buildings in a mixed industrial, commercial, and residential section of Durham. The buildings primarily date after 1892 and include notable examples of Classical Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Erwin Cotton Mills Company Mill No. 1 Headquarters Building. Other notable buildings include Erwin Cotton Mills Co. Mill No. 4 (1909–10), Erwin Cotton Mills Co. worker's housing (1910s), Fidelity Bank (1920s), E. K. Powe School (1928), Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church (1922), and St. Joseph's Episcopal Church.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Claudia Roberts Brown (June 1984). "West Durham Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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