East Sanford Historic District

Sanford's East Sanford Historic District is a grid of houses, a graded school and two churches east of the city's downtown, developed between 1894 and 1960. Surveys by county surveyor Francis Deaton in 1894 and 1899 opened the land into town lots, and the earliest known house, the Isaac H. Lutterloh House at 216 McIver Street, dates from about 1894. Most of the 127 primary buildings are one- or one-and-a-half-story frame houses built in simple versions of popular styles. Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Craftsman details appear on the early and 1920s houses, while Period Cottage and Minimal Traditional houses date from the late 1930s through the 1950s. The East Sanford Graded School was designed by C. G. Sayre and built by Joe W. Stout. The district is significant as a well-preserved example of a middle-class and working-class neighborhood, with sixty-three percent of its total resources contributing to its architectural character.