Yadkin College Historic District

Yadkin College Historic District
Location N and S sides of SR 1194 W of SR 1436, Yadkin College, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°52′32″N 80°22′56″W / 35.87556°N 80.38222°W / 35.87556; -80.38222Coordinates: 35°52′32″N 80°22′56″W / 35.87556°N 80.38222°W / 35.87556; -80.38222
Area 125 acres (51 ha)
Built 1856 (1856)
Architect Owen, H. Bentley
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival
MPS Davidson County MRA
NRHP reference # 88000165[1]
Added to NRHP February 25, 1988

Yadkin College Historic District is a national historic district located at Yadkin College, Davidson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 38 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 5 contributing structures in the village of Yadkin College. The contributing buildings include the 1856 Yadkin College building, one antebellum house, 11 houses built between about 1870 and 1890, and the Yadkin College Methodist Protestant Church (1886). The sites are the Yadkin College Cemetery, the site of the 1881 Yadkin College building, site of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and site of the post office, blacksmith shop and jail. The structures are traditional wells and corn cribs.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Ruth Little and Paul Touart (1983–1987). "Yadkin College Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.


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