Mooresville Historic District is a national
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located in
Mooresville,
Iredell County, North Carolina. It encompasses 62 contributing buildings and 8 contributing sites in the
central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
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).
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1980,
[ with an enlargement approved in 2020.]
Gallery
File:Mooresville Historic District (Broad Street).jpg, 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
External links
Mooresville Historic Preservation Commission
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Italianate architecture in North Carolina
Romanesque Revival architecture in North Carolina
Renaissance Revival architecture in North Carolina
Geography of Iredell County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Iredell County, North Carolina
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