Converse Heights Historic District

Coordinates: 34°57′05″N 81°54′32″W / 34.95139°N 81.90889°W / 34.95139; -81.90889
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Converse Heights Historic District
Maple Street houses in the Converse Heights Historic District, December 2015
Converse Heights Historic District is located in South Carolina
Converse Heights Historic District
Converse Heights Historic District is located in the United States
Converse Heights Historic District
LocationRoughly parts of Clifton, Connecticut, Glendalyn, Hale, Maple, Mills, Norwood, Otis, Palmetto, Plume, Poplar, Rutledge,, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Coordinates34°57′05″N 81°54′32″W / 34.95139°N 81.90889°W / 34.95139; -81.90889
Area688 acres (278 ha)
Built1906 (1906)
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.07001021[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 25, 2007

Converse Heights Historic District is a national historic district located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It encompasses 460 contributing buildings in a residential section of Spartanburg. The district documents the prevalent housing types for middle and upper class citizens from about 1900 to 1940. It includes residences representative of the Queen Anne, American Foursquare, American Craftsman, Spanish Mission, Tudor, Colonial Revival, and Neo-Classical styles.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Jennifer Revels (August 2007). "Converse Heights Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "Converse Heights Historic District, Spartanburg County (Spartanburg)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 1, 2014. and accompanying map