Troy Residential 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

Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in prese ...

Montgomery County, North Carolina Montgomery County is a rural county located in the southern Piedmont of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,751. Its county seat is Troy. History The county was formed in January 1779, by an act of th ...

. The district encompasses five contributing dwellings in a residential section of Troy. They were built between 1871 and 1940 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

style architecture. They are the Joseph Reese Blair House (1893, 1903), Mills-Thompson House (1890, 1930), Wade-Arscott House (1871, 1890s), Bruton-Allen House (1895, 1927), and Thompson Rental House (1940). It was added to 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 2006.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina Houses in Montgomery County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, North Carolina {{MontgomeryCountyNC-NRHP-stub