Loray_Mill_Historic_District

Loray Mill Historic District

Loray Mill Historic District

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

Loray Mill Historic District is a national historic district located at Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina. It encompasses 649 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in a predominantly residential section of Gastonia. The district includes the five-story brick Loray Mill (1900, 1901, 1921-1922) and all or parts of some thirty blocks of frame mill houses constructed primarily between the early 1900s and the 1920s. They include notable examples of Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture. Other notable buildings include the Loray Baptist Church (1952).[2][3]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, with a boundary increase in 2006.[1]

The district is linked to the Main Avenue section of downtown Gastonia via the FUSE District that includes a new stadium. The stadium has artificial turf and can be configured for baseball, soccer, football, rugby, and concerts to spur economic growth and investment in the area near the Loray Mill Historic District.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Mattson, Alexander & Associates, Inc. (August 2000). "Loray Mill Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  3. [3]
    Heather Fearnbach (December 2005). "Loray Mill Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  4. [4]
    Poteat, Bill. "Ground breaking set for new FUSE District stadium". Gaston Gazette. Retrieved September 6, 2019.


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