North Carolina - Rutherford County - Historic Districts
Rutherford County North Carolina (Historic Districts) has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Gilbert Town Historic District, Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District, East Main Street Historic District, Main Street Historic District and Main Street Historic District.

The famous person William Gilbert is associated with one of more of the Rutherford County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Rutherford County places including Chivous Gilmer Harrill, James J. Baldwin, Leah Range Roberts, Louis Humbert Asbury, Earle Sumner Draper, Louis H. Asbury, Clarence M. Leemon, Heister & Company Milburn and Landscape Architect. Prominent architectural styles found in Rutherford Country are Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Classical Revival.

Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000413)
Roughly bounded by Victory & Wilson Drs., Allen & S. Broadway Sts. , Forest City
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Landscape Architect, Draper, Earle Sumner
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
East Main Street Historic District (added 2005 - - #05001450)
Roughly along parts of Arlington St., Carolina Ave., N. Magnolia St., S. Magnolia St., E. Main St., McBrayer Court , Forest City
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Leemon, Clarence M., Roberts, Leah Range
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Gilbert Town Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000726)
Also known as Archaeological Site No. 31RF128
Along sections of Rock Rd.-NC 1520 and Old Gilbert Town Rd.-NC 1539 , Rutherfordton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Gilbert, William
Significant Year:
1782, 1780, 1790
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Defense, Domestic, Funerary, Health Care, Landscape, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Forest, Hospital, Military Facility, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Forest, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Main Street Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000017)
Rpughly bounded by Blanton Alley, Huntley St., Yarboro St., and Broadway St. , Forest City
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Baldwin, James J.
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Meeting Hall, Plaza, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Plaza, Restaurant, Specialty Store
Main Street Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001419)
Also known as See Also:Rutherford County Courthouse
Roughly bounded by Taylor, Court, Washington and W. Third Sts. , Rutherfordton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Milburn, Heister & Company, Asbury, Louis H.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Financial Institution, Monument/Marker, Post Office, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Courthouse, Financial Institution, Monument/Marker, Plaza, Specialty Store
Main Street Historic District (Boundary Expansion) (added 2004 - - #04000585)
Also known as Florence Mill
186 Mill St. , Forest City
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Pine Gables (added 1999 - - #99001445)
Also known as Harris Inn, Logan House
328 Boys Camp Rd. , Lake Lure
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government, Landscape, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Natural Feature, Post Office, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Natural Feature, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
Washburn Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000056)
2401,2426,2436 Bostic-Sunshine Hwy, 1391,1392 Andrews Mill Rd., 126-156, 157 Salem Church Rd. , Bostic
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Other
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Department Store, Mortuary, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Department Store, Mortuary, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Washburn Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2006 - - #05001552)
Also known as Washburn (Bertha)-Davis (Daisy Washburn), House
1037 Gun Club Rd. , Bostic
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
West Main Street Historic District (added 2006 - - #06001142)
121 Cool Springs Dr., 343-499 W. Maine St., 121 Memorial Dr. , Forest City
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Asbury, Louis Humbert, Harrill, Chivous Gilmer
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Sport Facility
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