Elon College Historic District is a national historic district located on the campus of Elon University at Elon, Alamance County, North Carolina. It encompasses 6 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object that form the historic core of the Elon College campus. They are the West Dormitory (1907), and five buildings built between 1923–1927 which form an H-shaped complex: Alamance Building, Whitley Auditorium, Carlton Library, Duke Science Building, and Mooney Building. The object is a monument erected in 1929. All of the buildings are three-story red brick buildings of Colonial Revival / Georgian Revival design.[2]
Elon College Historic District | |
 Alamance Building, Elon University, April 2007 | |
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| Location | S side of Haggard Ave. between William and O'Kelly, Elon, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°6′7″N 79°30′17″W / 36.10194°N 79.50472°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1907, 1923-1927 |
| Architect | Hunter, Herbert B.; Stout, Joe W. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000166[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 22, 1988 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Cindy Craig and Tim Sumner (Spring 1986). "Elon College Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.