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Belmont Historic District (Belmont, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°14′33″N 81°02′22″W / 35.24250°N 81.03944°W / 35.24250; -81.03944
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Belmont Historic District
Bank of Belmont building
Belmont Historic District (Belmont, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Belmont Historic District (Belmont, North Carolina)
Belmont Historic District (Belmont, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Belmont Historic District (Belmont, North Carolina)
LocationRoughly bounded by Sacred Heart College campus, RR line, N. and S. Main, Glenway, Bryant Sts., Keener Blvd., Central Ave, Belmont, North Carolina
Coordinates35°14′33″N 81°02′22″W / 35.24250°N 81.03944°W / 35.24250; -81.03944
Area170 acres (69 ha)
Built1873 (1873)
ArchitectHook, Charles Christian; McMichael, J. M.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.96001525[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 1996

Belmont Historic District is a national historic district located at Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina. It encompasses 264 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures in the central business district and adjacent residential areas of Belmont. The district was developed after 1873, and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed U.S. Post Office, Former. Other notable buildings include the R.L. Stowe Mills Office Building, Bank of Belmont (1926), Piedmont and Northern Railroad Depot (c. 1915), Belmont Hotel (c. 1907), Abel C. Lineberger House No. 2 (c. 1919) designed by Charles Christian Hook (1870–1938), Samuel Pinckney Stowe House (c. 1919), James W. Stowe House (c. 1910), Sacred Heart College, and Belmont High School (1939).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Frances P. Alexander and Richard L. Mattson (July 1996). "Belmont Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.