Mooresville Historic District (Boundary Increase)
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The National Park Service has not published a boundary polygon for this district; the map shows the listed properties inside it and the district's reference point.
Why it's listed
Mooresville's historic core is a district of more than eighty buildings spread over fifteen flat blocks, split by the railroad tracks that gave the town its reason for being. About three-fourths of the buildings are commercial, mostly brick and one to three stories, lined up along Main and Broad streets. A residential area of mainly frame houses lies to the southwest, with the 1899 First Presbyterian Church as its one religious building, and the Lorene Cotton Seed Oil Mill stands at the northwest as the only fully industrial property. A ca. 1920 brick depot marks the center of town, facing a small park. Sanborn maps show that most of the buildings were in place by 1925. Styles range from Italianate commercial blocks and a Queen Anne cottage to a ca. 1930 Art Deco-influenced auto showroom. Several storefronts, interiors and rear facades survive largely intact, including the D. E. Turner Hardware store, whose interior has never been remodeled.
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| Styles | Late Victorian/Italianate, Italianate/Romanesque Revival/Renaissance Revival, Colonial Revival, Art Deco/Modernistic, late Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Queen Anne in the residential and religious buildings |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Community Planning and Development |
| Acreage | 55.5 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Mooresville Historic District (Boundary Increase) (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.