Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
North Carolina - Mecklenburg County - Historic Districts
Mecklenburg County North Carolina (Historic Districts) has 24 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Myers Park Historic District, Hopewell Presbyterian Church and Cemetery and Potts Plantation, Croft Historic District and Croft Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Mecklenburg County historic places including Potts, Robert, Jr. and Edward Dilworth Latta.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Mecklenburg County places including E.S. Draper, John Nolen, Thomas Rice, H. Hoover, Jack McGee, Stuart Warren Cramer, Lewis Dinkins, John Ellis McAuley, H.J. Norris and Samuel Lemly. Prominent architectural styles found in Mecklenburg Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Queen Anne.

Croft Historic District (added 1999 - - #99000699)
Jct. of NC 115 and NC 2483 , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Rail-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Rail-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse
Croft Historic District (added 1990 - - #90002185)
Along NC 115 N from jct. with Bob Beatty Rd. , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Department Store, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Department Store, Single Dwelling
Davidson Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000381)
Bounded by N. Main and Beaty Sts., Catawba Ave. Mock and Concord Rds., Pat Stough and Dogwood Lns., Davidson College , Davidson
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lemly, Samuel, Dinkins, Lewis
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Commerce, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private, Local, State, Federal
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Domestic, Domestic, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Domestic, Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Dilworth Historic District (added 1987 - - #87000610)
Roughly bounded by Myrtle, Morehead, Berkeley, Dilworth Rd. W, Charlotte, Park, Tremont, Cleveland and Renssalaer , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Olmsted Bros.
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/Craftsman, Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Latta,Edward Dilworth
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Dilworth Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2000 - - #00001495)
E side 2000 Blk. Euclid Ave., both sides 2000 blk. of Lyndhurst Ave. , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Younts, Paul Reid, Hook, C.C.
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Dunn--Ross Farm (added 1990 - - #90002183)
Jct. of NC 3631 and NC 3630 , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling
Elizabeth Historic District (added 1989 - - #88003003)
Roughly bounded by Central Ave., Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, E. 5th St., Kenmore Ave., Park Dr., and E. Independence , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Nolen,John
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Ewart, John F., Farm (added 1991 - - #91000023)
12920 Huntersville--Concord Rd. , Huntersville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Barnette,Neil
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Hayes--Byrum Store and House (added 1991 - - #90002186)
NC 160 S of jct. with Shopton Rd. , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Department Store, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Single Dwelling
Highland Park Manufacturing Company Mill No. 3 (added 1988 - - #88001855)
2901 N. Davidson St. , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cramer,Stuart Warren
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Warehouse
Hodges, Eugene Wilson, Farm (added 1991 - - #91000077)
2900 Rocky River Church Rd. , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hodges,Eugene Wilson
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Hopewell Presbyterian Church and Cemetery (added 1996 - - #96000198)
10500 Beatties Ford Rd. , Huntersville
Kittycolada911, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Rice, Thomas, Hoover, H.
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History, Art
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Matthews Commercial Historic District (added 1996 - - #96000928)
157--195 and 156--196 N. Trade St., 118 E. Charles St. , Matthews
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Post Office, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Specialty Store
McAuley Farm (added 2000 - - #91000024)
10724 Alexanderana Rd. , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McAuley,John Ellis
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling
McCoy, Albert, Farm (added 2000 - - #00001291)
10401 McCoy Rd. , Huntersville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McAuley, John Ellis
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Forest, Natural Feature, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Forest, Natural Feature, Single Dwelling
Morris, Green, Farm (added 1991 - - #91000080)
W side of NC 3628 approx. 1 mi. S of jct. with Providence Rd. W. , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Myers Park Historic District (added 1987 - - #87000655)
Also known as See also:Duke, James Buchanan, House
Roughly bounded by NC 16, E and W Queens Rd., and Lillington Ave. , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Draper,E.S., Nolen,John
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Industry, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
North Charlotte Historic District (added 1990 - - #90000367)
Also known as See Also:Highland Park Mill No. 3
Roughly bounded by the Southern Railroad, Herrin St., Spencer St., and Charles Ave. , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
North Charlotte Realty, Cramer,Stuart Warren
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Fire Station, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Fire Station, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Warehouse
Pharrsdale Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000057)
Also known as Eastover
Bounded by Biltmore Dr. Cherokee Rd., Providence Rd. an Scotland Ave. , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ritch, Morris R., Patterson, George D.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Pineville Commercial Historic District (added 2011 - - #11000510)
310-333 Main & 105-109 Dover Sts., Pineville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Potts Plantation (added 1998 - - #97001561)
S of Davidson, SW of Cornelius, between NC 2693 and NC 115 , Cornelius
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McGee, Jack
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Federal, Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Potts, Robert, Jr.
Significant Year:
1812, 1947, 1757
Area of Significance:
Black, Social History, European, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Archeology, Agriculture
Cultural Affiliation:
European American, African American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Cemetery, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Steele Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery (added 1991 - - #91000082)
7407 Steele Creek Rd. , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bigham Workshop, Norris,H.J.
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Art, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Thrift Mill, Former (added 1994 - - #94001049)
8300 Moore's Chapel Rd. , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Other
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Water Works
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Other, Vacant/Not In Use
Wesley Heights Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001397)
Bounded by W. Morehead St., Woodruff Pl., Lela Ave., CSX RR tracks, Tuckaseegee Rd., W. Trade St. and S. Summit Ave. , Charlotte
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., Asbury, Louis
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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