Lexington Residential Historic District is a national

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located at Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 804 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in a predominantly residential section of Lexington. They were built between about 1854 and 1957, and include notable examples of Queen Anne and

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style architecture. The subdivisions in the district are Park Place, Robbins Heights, Courtenay, Rosemary Park, Hillcrest, Oak Crest, and Westover Heights; along with the Lexington City Cemetery. Notable buildings include Hillside (1854), Brookshire House (1900), Wennonah Mill houses (1910), N. Earl and Daphne Rose House (c. 1920), Charles M. and Jean Wall House (c. 1926), Parkview Apartments (c. 1927, 1930), Lexington Shirt Corporation Factory/Hulin Lumber Company (c. 1927, 1955), and Nicholson Supermarket (c. 1951). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Davidson County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Davidson County, North Carolina Houses in Davidson County, North Carolina {{DavidsonCountyNC-NRHP-stub