Coordinates: 36°8′54″N 81°9′2″W / 36.14833°N 81.15056°W / 36.14833; -81.15056

Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District

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Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District
File:Old Wilkesboro Municipal Building.jpg
Old Wilkesboro Municipal Building, 2012
LocationBounded roughly by Cowles and Corporation Sts., Henderson Dr., and Woodland Blvd., Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Coordinates36°8′54″N 81°9′2″W / 36.14833°N 81.15056°W / 36.14833; -81.15056
Area37 acres (15 ha)
Built1835
ArchitectWheeler & Runge; McMichael and Co.; others
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
MPSWilkesboro MRA
NRHP reference No.09000290[1]
Added to NRHPApril 30, 2009

The Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District in Wilkesboro, North Carolina is a 37-acre (15 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. It included 69 contributing buildings, two contributing sites and one contributing object. It includes architecture by Wheeler, McMichael and Co.[1] The district includes the Wilkes County Courthouse, a 1902 Beaux-Arts/Classical Revival style building by Charlotte-based architects Wheeler & Runge. The building is large, brick and has a "tetrastyle Ionic portico and Second Empire cupola dominates the Courthouse Square and its surroundings and serves as a major landmark in the town as well as in Wilkes County."[2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Wilkesboro MRA".
  3. ↑ Laura A. W. Phillips (December 2008). "Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.

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