Summit Avenue Historic District

Summit Avenue Historic District
Summit Avenue Historic District, June 2007
LocationRoughly bounded by Chestnut, E. Bessemer, Cypress, Dewey, Park, and Percy Sts., Greensboro, North Carolina
Coordinates36°04′54″N 79°46′55″W / 36.08167°N 79.78194°W / 36.08167; -79.78194
Area95 acres (38 ha)
Built1895 (1895)
ArchitectBarton, Harry; Starrett and Van Vleck
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman, Foursquare
MPSGreensboro MPS
NRHP reference No.93000768[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 5, 1993

Summit Avenue Historic District, also known as the Dunleath Historic District and formally as the Charles B. Aycock Historic District, is a national historic district located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 226 contributing buildings in a middle- and upper-class residential section of Greensboro. The houses were largely built between the 1890s and 1930s and include notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, American Foursquare, and Bungalow / American Craftsman-style architecture. The Sigmund Sternberger House (1926) is listed separately. Other notable buildings include the John C. Clapp House (c. 1900-1905), Robert L. Potts House (c. 1900-1905), William B. Vaught House (c. 1906), Edgar B. Jennette House (c. 1925-1930), and the Charles B. Aycock School (1922) designed by Starrett & van Vleck.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Marvin A. Brown (December 1992). "Summit Avenue Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.