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Jonesboro Historic District (Morganton, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°44′34″N 81°41′12″W / 35.74278°N 81.68667°W / 35.74278; -81.68667
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Jonesboro Historic District
Anderson Street
Jonesboro Historic District (Morganton, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Jonesboro Historic District (Morganton, North Carolina)
Jonesboro Historic District (Morganton, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Jonesboro Historic District (Morganton, North Carolina)
LocationRoughly bounded by W. Concord, Bay, Jones, Lytle, & S. Anderson Sts., Morganton, North Carolina
Coordinates35°44′34″N 81°41′12″W / 35.74278°N 81.68667°W / 35.74278; -81.68667
Area23.5 acres (9.5 ha)
Built1895 (1895)
Built byPhilo Harbison
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Shotgun
MPSMorganton MRA
NRHP reference No.87001916[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 9, 1987

Jonesboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It encompasses 35 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in historically African-American neighborhood of Morganton. The primarily residential buildings were built between about 1895 and 1935. It includes representative examples of Bungalow / American Craftsman and Shotgun style architecture.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[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. ^ Suzanne Pickens Wylie (July 1986). "Jonesboro Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.