East Broad Street-Davie Avenue Historic District
Why it's listed
East of downtown Statesville, a tree-shaded string of streets forms a residential district of 76 buildings. It follows East Broad Street, turns north on Elm Street, and continues east along Davie Avenue to Euclid Avenue. Houses date from about 1880 to 1970, and most were built by 1930. Davie Avenue is described as the most elegant street, and East Broad has a median planted with small trees. Most buildings are frame, and many are simple vernacular versions of period styles. Several are more sophisticated, including the Mott-Simons, J. S. Ramsey and Major W. L. Allison houses, which rank among the most ambitious nineteenth-century houses left in the city. Styles range from Gothic- and Italianate-influenced Victorian designs and Queen Anne houses to Colonial, Tudor and Elizabethan Revival buildings and bungalows. About 80 percent of the properties contribute to the district's character, while four are intrusions, including two apartment complexes from about 1970. The neighborhood grew along roads into town, and later surrounding development was of lesser quality.
Significance in brief: The district is presented as representative of Statesville neighborhoods that developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries along roads leading into town. It holds many of the city's most ambitious surviving nineteenth-century houses and a range of Victorian, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor and Bungalow styles. It differs from the later, lesser-quality development around it.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 80002869, listed November 24, 1980. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Davie Ave., Broad and Elm Sts., Statesville |
|---|---|
| County | Iredell County |
| Listed | November 24, 1980 |
| Reference number | 80002869 |
| Resource type | District |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian (Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne), Colonial/Neo-Classical Revival, Elizabethan and Tudor Revival, Bungalow |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Buildings are generally well preserved and in good or excellent condition; nearly all are occupied, and a few along East Broad Street are adaptively reused for small businesses and offices. |
| Acreage | 35 |
| Coordinates | 35.78979, -80.88078 (NPS GIS) |
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.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 80002869.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q19461473
- This listing as JSON
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