Fisher Park Historic District

Fisher Park Historic District is a national historic district in the Fisher Park neighborhood, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 541 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 44 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Greensboro. The houses were largely built between the 1900s and 1930s and include notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival, American Foursquare, and Bungalow / American Craftsman-style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Dixon-Leftwich-Murphy House, John Marion Galloway House, Julian Price House, and Latham-Baker House. Other notable buildings include the First Presbyterian Church (1928), Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (1922), Gant-McAlister House (c. 1910–15), and A.J. Schlosser House (c. 1922).[2][3]

Fisher Park Historic District
Fisher Park Neighborhood, August 2006
Fisher Park Historic District is located in North Carolina
Fisher Park Historic District
Fisher Park Historic District is located in the United States
Fisher Park Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Fisher and Bessemer Aves. and Wharton and Church Sts.; 507 N. Church St., Greensboro, North Carolina
Coordinates36°04′59″N 79°47′26″W
Area142 acres (57 ha)
Built1905 (1905)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Gothic, Foursquare, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival
MPSGreensboro MPS
NRHP reference No.91002006 (original)
96000963[1] (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 22, 1992
Boundary increaseSeptember 12, 1996

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, with a boundary increase in 1996.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Marvin A. Brown (December 1992). "Fisher Park Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  3. Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll (April 1996). "Fisher Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.


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