Roughly bounded by Hill Ave., First St., Charlotte Ave., and Horner Blvd., Sanford, North Carolina. County/parish: Lee.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 05, 2000. NRIS 00000771.
Part of Lee County MPS (NRIS 64500366).
200 contributing buildings. 4 contributing structures.
Hawkins Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina. It encompasses 200 contributing buildings and 4 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Sanford. The district includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Queen Anne style architecture, with buildings largely dated between about 1900 to the 1930s. Located in the district is the separately listed Sanford High School, Former. Other notable buildings include the John McIver House (1880s), Duncan E. McIver House (1893), Malcolm D. McNeill House (c. 1903), E.L. Gavin House (1922), First Presbyterian Church of Sanford (1914), First Baptist Church (1925), the former Sanford Cotton Mill complex, and the Liles Bonded Cotton Warehouse (c. 1920).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718135