East Broad Street-Davie Avenue Historic District

East of downtown Statesville, a tree-shaded string of streets forms a residential district of 76 buildings. It follows East Broad Street, turns north on Elm Street, and continues east along Davie Avenue to Euclid Avenue. Houses date from about 1880 to 1970, and most were built by 1930. Davie Avenue is described as the most elegant street, and East Broad has a median planted with small trees. Most buildings are frame, and many are simple vernacular versions of period styles. Several are more sophisticated, including the Mott-Simons, J. S. Ramsey and Major W. L. Allison houses, which rank among the most ambitious nineteenth-century houses left in the city. Styles range from Gothic- and Italianate-influenced Victorian designs and Queen Anne houses to Colonial, Tudor and Elizabethan Revival buildings and bungalows. About 80 percent of the properties contribute to the district's character, while four are intrusions, including two apartment complexes from about 1970. The neighborhood grew along roads into town, and later surrounding development was of lesser quality.