Statesville Commercial 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 at Statesville,

Iredell County, North Carolina Iredell County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,693. Its county seat is Statesville, and its largest town is Mooresville. The county was formed in 1788, subtracted from Ro ...

. It encompasses 54 contributing buildings 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 ...

of Statesville. The district includes notable examples of

Late Victorian Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. ''Victorian'' refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian we ...

architecture dated between about 1875 and 1925. Located in the district are the separately listed

U.S. Post Office and County Courthouse The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, also known as Statesville City Hall, is a historic post office and courthouse building located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by Willough ...

and Iredell County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the First A. R. Presbyterian Church, former County Jail, the U. S. Post Office, former Walton and Gage Store (c. 1885), Miller Block (c. 1885), Madison Building, former Merchants and Farmers Bank (1908), former Carolina Motor Company (1916), former Montgomery Ward Store, and former First National Bank. It was listed on the

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in 1980.

Gallery

File:Iredell County Courthouse - Statesville, NC.jpg, Iredell County Courthouse, 2011 File:U.S. Post Office and County Courthouse.jpg,

, 2011

References

Historic American Buildings Survey in North Carolina Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Victorian architecture in North Carolina Geography of Iredell County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Iredell County, North Carolina {{IredellCountyNC-NRHP-stub