{"nrhp_refnum":"86001050","name":"Mount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"College. Franklin. Jackson, Kluttz, Main, Park, and Walnut Streets","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mount Pleasant","county":"Cabarrus County","state":"NC","lat":35.40013524400004,"lon":-80.43478839549171,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of 184 properties along Main and Franklin Streets in the town of Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, made up of houses, churches, cemeteries, small businesses and textile and lumber industries.","why_significant":"The district is described as a well-preserved example of village life in rural piedmont North Carolina before the Civil War and during the six decades after it. It contains a wide range of architectural styles, including Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival. Many residences reflect the people who shaped the town's religious and economic development.","narrative":"Mount Pleasant's historic district covers 184 properties in an X-shaped area along Main and Franklin Streets, flanked by ridges and gentle hills. It includes residences, three churches, three cemeteries, a small business district and several industries, among them the Kindley and Tuscarora cotton mills and the Miller Lumber Company. The earliest house is the Henderson-Barrier House of 1840, a double-pile Greek temple-form residence. Other notable buildings include the brick Jacob Ludwig House of 1841, the Italianate Heilig-Foil House of 1858, and the Jeremiah Dreher House of 1858, based on a design by Andrew Jackson Downing. Queen Anne and Colonial Revival houses reflect growth that followed the development of local industries in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most houses are frame, while businesses and industries are largely brick. The district shows how a rural piedmont town developed over about a century, and many buildings remain in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Louis H. Asbury (Charlotte architect, Heilig-Foil House porch redesign, 1921); Jacob Ludwig (built his own house, 1841)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow, and vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most buildings are in good or excellent condition and almost all houses are occupied. The Dry House (#131) was in the process of being demolished. Of 184 properties, 84 contribute, 17 are pivotal, 54 are non-contributing, and 20 are vacant lots.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.950487-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/7193/47719339/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86001050.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001050/9b2f9245fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001050/9b2f9245fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MOUNT_PLEASANT_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_CABARRUS_HISTORIC_DISTRICT.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MOUNT_PLEASANT_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_CABARRUS_HISTORIC_DISTRICT.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719339","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant_Historic_District_(Mount_Pleasant,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18154726"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cabarrus-county/mount-pleasant-historic-district-additional-documentation-86001050/"}