National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Mooresville Historical District (Boundary Increase)

Destefano, Jamie

A National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Mooresville Historic District (Boundary Increase) Narrative Description Summary Paragraph: "The Mooresville Historic District (Boundary Increase) adds 97 primary resources, including one structure, and approximately 55.5 acres to the existing Mooresville Historic District in the City of Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina. An additional 43 secondary buildings (ex. Garage, sheds), six (6) structures (ex. Carport), and one (1) object are included within the boundary increase area. Properties within the Boundary Increase are consistent with the significance of the original district and better embodies all building types and trends, particularly residential, associated with the early settlement and development of a late-nineteenth century railroad town. Resources range in date from c.1880 through 2003, with the highest concentration of resources dating to the early-twentieth century. The Period of Significance of the boundary increase begins c.1880 and extends to 1964 when mid-twentieth century residential construction ceased. Although the boundary increase area is primarily residential, three contributing resources historically served as a medical office/clinic and one contributing resource is a network of historic masonry retaining walls." Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph: "The Mooresville Historic District (Boundary Increase) expands the Mooresville Historic District in the City of Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina. The boundary increase is the result of a 2015 expanded survey area that demonstrated these areas of shared significance as a reasonable extension of the original Mooresville Historic District. The original district was listed in the National Register for its local significance under Criterion A in the areas of commerce, exploration/settlement, and transportation, as well as Criterion C in the area of architecture. The period of significance of the original district is unclear, as it is not defined in the National Register nomination. However, the 'Criteria Assessment' makes reference to c. 1870-1920 as a significant era... The approximate 55.5-acre boundary increase area consists of two separate sub-areas that developed concurrently with the Tow of Mooresville beginning in the late-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century as a residential neighborhood for the town's most prominent citizens. While the original district is generally confined to the commercial core of Mooresville, the boundary increase broadens the district to encompass a full range of building trends associated with the early settlement and development of towns such as Mooresville. As such, the Mooresville Historic District (Boundary Increase) is eligible at the local level under Criterion A in the area of Community Planning and Development. The boundary increase is also eligible under Criterion C in the Architecture area of significance at the local level for its impressive collection of domestic architecture representing a range of types, periods, and methods of construction reflecting the city's growth and development." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, Office of Archives and History, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P18AF00042).

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Mooresville Historical District (Boundary Increase)

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