The Wadesboro Downtown 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 Wadesboro,

Anson County, North Carolina Anson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,055. Its county seat is Wadesboro. History The county was formed in 1750 from Bladen County. It was named for George Anson, Ba ...

. It included 81

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, one

contributing structure 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 one

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(Confederate Memorial Monument) in the governmental and commercial core of the City of Wadesboro. It includes work by architects Wheeler & Stern. Notable buildings include the Anson County Courthouse (1914),

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, the

Boggan-Hammond House and Alexander Little Wing Boggan-Hammond House and Alexander Little Wing is a historic home located at Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina. The original section was built about 1787, and is a restored one-story frame Federal style structure. The house was built by ...

, the Burns Inn (now the Leavitt Funeral Home), Parsons Pharmacy, Leak's Hardware Company Building, and the Ansonia Theater. 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 1999.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Gothic Revival architecture in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Geography of Anson County, North Carolina Buildings and structures in Anson County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Anson County, North Carolina {{AnsonCountyNC-NRHP-stub