{"nrhp_refnum":"10000630","name":"West End Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by W Mountain St, W Gold St, S Cansler St, S Tracy St, S Watterson St, and S Goforth St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kings Mountain","county":"Cleveland County","state":"NC","lat":35.23917209950005,"lon":-81.35021001695164,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-09-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear residential historic district in the west central part of Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, built along West Mountain and West Gold streets and linking cross streets, with houses dating mostly from about 1882 to the 1950s.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the district as an intact neighborhood of frame and brick houses showing Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, bungalow and period cottage styles over its period of significance. Its historic landscape, outbuildings and street layout, including lots from the 1899 Tracy-Dixon plat, are largely preserved. The criteria boxes are not legible in the text provided.","narrative":"West End is a linear neighborhood of houses on West Mountain and West Gold streets in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, joined by Cansler, Tracy, Watterson and Goforth streets. Its buildings date mostly from about 1900 to 1939, with the oldest, the Ware Family House, built around 1882. Four groups define its character: Queen Anne cottages and larger early twentieth-century houses mixing Queen Anne and Colonial Revival elements; remodeled turn-of-the-century cottages and bungalows; brick veneer period cottages of the 1930s; and two fully realized Colonial Revival houses, one probably designed by Louis Humbert Asbury and one designed in 1940 by Shelby architect Victor Winfred Breeze. Lots reflect the 1899 Tracy-Dixon plat, and mature trees, pecan plantings, barns, poultry houses and garages recall the semi-rural early decades. The district was listed because it preserves a cohesive residential streetscape and architectural record from about 1882 to about 1955. Of 150 resources, 101 contribute to its character, and modern alterations have been modest.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1882 to ca. 1955","architect_builder":"Louis Humbert Asbury (probable designer of the Neisler-Page House); Victor Winfred Breeze (architect of the 1940 Ramseur House); many houses built by their original owners","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Period Cottage, Minimal Traditional, Tudor Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Houses are still in residential use as single and multiple dwellings; alterations such as vinyl or aluminum siding and window replacement have had limited impact, with 101 contributing and 49 noncontributing resources.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.786198-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/7196/47719658/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/10000630.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000630/1474680726-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000630/1474680726-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ware_Family_House-_Constructed_ca._1882.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719658","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_Historic_District_(Kings_Mountain,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18159212"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cleveland-county/west-end-historic-district-10000630/"}