The North Charlotte 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 Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The listing included 282

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

and four

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. It includes work designed by architect

Stuart Warren Cramer Stuart Warren Cramer (March 31, 1868 – July 2, 1940) was an American engineer, inventor, and contractor, who gained prominence after designing and building near 150 cotton mills in the southern United States. He was the founder of Cramerton an ...

; it includes Bungalow/craftsman, Late Victorian, vernacular Victorian, reflecting turn-of-the-century mill-village architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Highland Park Mill No. 3. Other notable buildings include the Mecklenburg Mill (later Mercury Mills, 1905), Johnston Mill (1913), Grinnell Manufacturing Company, Hand Pharmacy Building (1904), Lowder Building (1927), the former Highland Inn (c. 1903), Charlotte Fire Department Engine Company No. 9 (1937), and North Charlotte Primary School. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Victorian architecture in North Carolina Geography of Charlotte, North Carolina Buildings and structures in Charlotte, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina {{MecklenburgCountyNC-NRHP-stub