Wadesboro Downtown Historic District

Downtown Wadesboro, the seat of Anson County, North Carolina, is preserved as a historic district spanning all or part of fourteen city blocks. The core was platted on a grid in the 1780s, when the town became the county seat, and it grew through the mid-twentieth century. Most buildings are two-story brick commercial blocks with simple brickwork, though the district also includes the 1912-designed Anson County Courthouse, the 1932-33 Post Office, four churches, a library and a few houses. The oldest are the Boggan-Hammond House from the 1780s and the 1846 Burns Inn. Styles range from Neo-Classical Revival, seen in H.W. Little and Company, to Art Deco, Queen Anne and Gothic Revival. Most buildings date from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when Wadesboro was an agricultural market and textile town. Of 107 resources, 85 contribute to the district's character. The district also keeps its traditional street pattern and a clear transition between downtown and surrounding neighborhoods, while storefront remodeling has been the greatest change.