Downtown_Wilkesboro_Historic_District References

	Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Old Wilkesboro Municipal Building, 2012
Location	Bounded roughly by Cowles and Corporation Sts., Henderson Dr., and Woodland Blvd., Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°8′54″N 81°9′2″W / 36.14833°N 81.15056°W
Area	37 acres (15 ha)
Built	1835
Architect	Wheeler & Runge; McMichael and Co.; others
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
MPS	Wilkesboro MRA
NRHP reference No.	09000290
Added to NRHP	April 30, 2009

The Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District in Wilkesboro, North Carolina is a 37-acre (15 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. It included 69 contributing buildings, two contributing sites and one contributing object. It includes architecture by Wheeler, McMichael and Co.^[1]

The district includes the Wilkes County Courthouse, a 1902 Beaux-Arts/ Classical Revival style building by Charlotte-based architects Wheeler & Runge. The building is large, brick and has a "tetrastyle Ionic portico and Second Empire cupola dominates the Courthouse Square and its surroundings and serves as a major landmark in the town as well as in Wilkes County."^[2]^[3]

Gallery

Old Wilkes County Jail, 2012
Wilkes County Courthouse, 2012

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Wilkesboro MRA".
^ Laura A. W. Phillips (December 2008). "Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[mra-2] "Wilkesboro MRA".

[nrhpinv-3] Laura A. W. Phillips (December 2008). "Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.

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