Dunn Commercial Historic District

Dunn Commercial Historic District

Dunn Commercial Historic District, June 2014
Location Roughly Bounded by Harnett St., Cumberland St., Clinton Ave. & Fayetteville Ave., Dunn, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°18′30″N 78°36′34″W / 35.30833°N 78.60944°W / 35.30833; -78.60944Coordinates: 35°18′30″N 78°36′34″W / 35.30833°N 78.60944°W / 35.30833; -78.60944
Area 14 acres (5.7 ha)
Built 1886 (1886)
Built by Jones Bros. & Co.
Architectural style Italianate, Early Commercial
NRHP Reference # 09000702[1]
Added to NRHP September 9, 2009

Dunn Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina. It encompasses 54 contributing buildings and one contributing structure in the central business district of Dunn. The predominantly commercial buildings were built between about 1900 and 1959, and includes notable examples of Italianate style architecture. Notable buildings include the Fitchett Drug Store (c. 1912), Cottondale Hotel (1924), Fleishman Brothers Company building (c. 1925), Prince’s Department Store Building (c. 1930), Christo-Cola Bottling Works Building (c. 1913), White Way Theater Building (c. 1904), Johnson Cotton Company Building (c. 1925), and (former) Dunn Post Office (1937).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Diane Young (March 2009). "Dunn Commercial Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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