Gaffney Residential Historic District


Gaffney Residential Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Gaffeny Residential Historic District, March 2012
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Location	Roughly bounded by Floyd Baker Blvd., Johnson and Thompson Sts., Rutledge and Fairview Aves., and Limestone St., Gaffney, South Carolina
Coordinates	35°4′1″N 81°38′54″W / 35.06694°N 81.64833°W / 35.06694; -81.64833Coordinates: 35°4′1″N 81°38′54″W / 35.06694°N 81.64833°W / 35.06694; -81.64833
Area	71.7 acres (29.0 ha)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Bungalow/craftsman
MPS	Gaffney MRA
NRHP Reference #	86000601^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 27, 1986

Gaffney Residential Historic District national historic district located at Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 111 contributing building in a primarily residential area of Gaffney. The majority of the buildings were built between about 1890 and about 1930, and consist of houses sited on large urban lots and oriented towards wide, tree-lined streets. Homes are generally of frame or brick construction with fine examples of the Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Neoclassical, Victorian and Bungalow styles as well as traditional vernacular forms. Included in the district are homes of textile mill executives, merchants, and other professionals who lived in Gaffney during its boom period at the turn of the 20th century.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Gaffney Residential Historic District, Cherokee County (Gaffney)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
↑ unknown (n.d.). "Gaffney Residential Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014. and Accompanying map

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