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Liberty Historic District (Liberty, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°51′23″N 79°34′22″W / 35.85639°N 79.57278°W / 35.85639; -79.57278
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Liberty Historic District
Swannanoa Street, Liberty, N.C., ca. 1905-1915
Liberty Historic District (Liberty, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Liberty Historic District (Liberty, North Carolina)
Liberty Historic District (Liberty, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Liberty Historic District (Liberty, North Carolina)
LocationRoughly along W of Norfolk & Southern RR bet. Butler Ave. and W. Patterson Ave., inc. the 100 blk. of W. Swannanoa St., Liberty, North Carolina
Coordinates35°51′23″N 79°34′22″W / 35.85639°N 79.57278°W / 35.85639; -79.57278
Area90 acres (36 ha)
Built1884 (1884)
ArchitectCausey, H.C.
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Colonial Revival, et al.
NRHP reference No.00001426[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 2000

Liberty Historic District is a national historic district located at Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina, United States.The district encompasses 48 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Liberty. It includes buildings built between about 1880 to about 1950 and notable examples of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival architecture. Notable buildings include the Liberty Depot (c. 1885), Reitzel Building (c. 1925), the Farmer's Union Mercantile Co. Building (c. 1905), the Curtis Theater (1949), Bob Patterson House, the A.J. Patterson House, the Bascom M. and Alpha L. Brower House (c. 1915), J.C. Luther House, the Clarence Kennedy House (1940), and Hardin's Florist (c. 1940).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Tom Shaw (January 2000). "Liberty Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.