Haymount Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Haymount's Bradford Avenue section holds thirteen buildings dating from about 1847 to 1948, centered on a street that once led into the U.S. Arsenal built in 1838 on Haymount Hill. The arsenal was destroyed by General W. T. Sherman in 1865, and its distinctive brownstone was later reused in walls and yards along the street. The houses include the McGary-Small House, begun about 1847, and the McMillan-Rankin House, built about 1851 and remodeled later in the century. The 1897 E. A. Poe House is a large two-story Queen Anne frame house built by local builder Ruffin Vaughn. Several Colonial Revival houses were built in the 1910s and 1920s for Fayetteville businessmen and professionals. Highsmith Hospital, completed in 1926 to a design by Charles Hartmann of Greensboro, served the city as its only community hospital until about 1960. The district also includes St. Patrick's Catholic Church, completed in 1936, and the twelve-unit Devereux Apartments, built in 1940.