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Druid Hills Historic District (Hendersonville, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°19′49″N 82°28′16″W / 35.33028°N 82.47111°W / 35.33028; -82.47111
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Druid Hills Historic District
Druid Hills Historic District (Hendersonville, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Druid Hills Historic District (Hendersonville, North Carolina)
Druid Hills Historic District (Hendersonville, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Druid Hills Historic District (Hendersonville, North Carolina)
LocationRoughly bounded by Meadowbrook Terrace, US 25N, Ashwood Rd., and Ridgewood Ave., Hendersonville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°19′49″N 82°28′16″W / 35.33028°N 82.47111°W / 35.33028; -82.47111
Area27 acres (11 ha)
Built1923 (1923)
ArchitectDraper, Earle Sumner
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Tudor Revival, et al.
MPSHendersonville MPS
NRHP reference No.00000989[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 16, 2000

Druid Hills Historic District is a national historic district located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 76 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Hendersonville developed between 1910 and 1945. It includes notable examples of Tudor Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman residential architecture. The planned community was designed by noted landscape architect Earle Sumner Draper.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Sybil Argintar Bowers (March 2000). "Druid Hills Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.