Wesley Heights Historic District

Wesley Heights is a residential streetcar suburb about one mile northwest of the central square in Charlotte, North Carolina. Laid out in 1911, it was replatted by the Charlotte Investment Company, which offered lots for sale in December 1921. Most buildings went up between 1922 and 1930, with more in the 1930s. The district holds 372 buildings, of which 335 contribute, including 287 residences, two churches and eighty-two garages. Bungalow/Craftsman houses are the most common, alongside Colonial Revival homes and small Tudor Revival "Period Cottages." Duplexes, four-unit quadriplexes and a few apartment buildings sit among the single-family houses. Charlotte architects such as Louis Asbury designed the Wadsworth House, the Catawba Apartments and a church, though most houses were built by many different builders from stock plans. Granite curbs, retaining walls and mature trees line the streets, and the neighborhood's scale, setting and materials remain largely unchanged.