Green Park Historic District

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Green Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Church of the Epiphany, 2017
35°54′56″N 81°32′17″W / 35.91556°N 81.53806°W / 35.91556; -81.53806
Area	177 acres (72 ha)
Built	1891 (1891)
Built by	multiple, including Lee Hayes, Charles Moody
Architect	multiple, including Barnes & Champney
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	94001020^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 19, 1994

Green Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Blowing Rock in Caldwell County and Watauga County, North Carolina. The district includes 46 contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and 2two contributing structures associated with a residential summer resort in the town of Blowing Rock. It includes buildings largely built in the 1920s, in a variety of popular architectural styles including Bungalow / American Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Queen Anne. Notable contributing resources include the McDowell Cottage, Mt. Bethel Reformed Church, Blowing Rock Reception Center/Gift Shop, Robert A. Dunn Cottage, Gideon's Ridge, the James Ross Cannon House, the David Ovens Cottage, Blowing Rock, and the Blowing Rock Country Club Golf Course. Located in the district and separately listed is the Green Park Inn (1891).^[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System – (#94001020)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Davyd Foard Hood and Laura A. W. Phillips (June 1994). "Green Park Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.