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Cooleemee Mill Town Historic District

Coordinates: 35°48′26″N 80°33′22″W / 35.80722°N 80.55611°W / 35.80722; -80.55611
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Cooleemee Mill Town Historic District
Cooleemee Mill Town Historic District is located in North Carolina
Cooleemee Mill Town Historic District
Cooleemee Mill Town Historic District is located in the United States
Cooleemee Mill Town Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Marginal, Hickory, Center & Holt Sts., Neely & Pine Ridge Rds., S. Yadkin R., Cooleemee, North Carolina
Coordinates35°48′26″N 80°33′22″W / 35.80722°N 80.55611°W / 35.80722; -80.55611
Area487 acres (197 ha)
Builtc. 1898 (1898)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleGothic Revival, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
NRHP reference No.14000704[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 24, 2014

Cooleemee Mill Town Historic District is a national historic district located at Cooleemee, Davie County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 433 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 6 contributing structures on the original Cooleemee Cotton Mill Company property at Cooleemee. It was developed between 1898 and 1967, and includes notable examples of Gothic Revival, American Craftsman, and Colonial Revival style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the mill houses of 12 house types, Cooleemee Cotton Mill complex, Pest House and the company farm, Friendship Baptist Church (c. 1905), North Cooleemee Elementary School (1952), Church of the Good Shepherd (1925), Cooleemee United Methodist Church (1932), First Baptist Church of Cooleemee (1949), Cooleemee Recreation Center Bathhouse (1949), “The Holler,” and “Riverside Park,” also known as “Park Hill.”[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/22/14 through 9/26/14. National Park Service. October 3, 2014.
  2. ^ John M. Jordan Jr. and Lynn Rumley (April 2014). "Cooleemee Mill Town Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved October 1, 2014.