Downtown Garner Historic District

Coordinates: 35°42′27″N 78°36′25″W / 35.70750°N 78.60694°W / 35.70750; -78.60694
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Downtown Garner Historic District
Downtown Garner Historic District is located in North Carolina
Downtown Garner Historic District
Downtown Garner Historic District is located in the United States
Downtown Garner Historic District
LocationRoughly Garner Rd. and Main St. from New Rand Rd. to Broughton St., Garner, North Carolina
Coordinates35°42′27″N 78°36′25″W / 35.70750°N 78.60694°W / 35.70750; -78.60694
Area44 acres (18 ha)
Built1883 (1883)
ArchitectBryan, Andrew
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.89002157[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 21, 1989

Downtown Garner Historic District, also known as Garner's Station, is a national historic district located at Garner, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 62 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Garner. The district developed between about 1883 and 1940 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Classical Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the Garner Depot (c. 1902), (former) Garner High School (1923), Hayes Chapel Christian Church (c. 1870), H. D. Rand Store (c. 1895), Bank of Garner Building (c. 1910), Section Foreman's Bouse (c. 1897), Joe Broughton Bouse, J. J. Bagwell House, W. L. Brooks House (c. 1912), and D. B. Buffaloe House (1923).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ David R. Black (September 1989). "Downtown Garner Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.