Gwyn Avenue-Bridge Street Historic District

Roughly bounded by N. Bridge St., Mill View Rd., Market St. and Church St., Elkin, North Carolina. County/parish: Surry.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 28, 2007. NRIS 07000882.

124 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.

From Wikipedia:

Gwyn Avenue–Bridge Street Historic District

Gwyn Avenue–Bridge Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 124 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a predominantly residential section of Elkin. They were primarily built between about 1891 and 1955 and include notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture. Notable buildings include the Elkin Presbyterian Church (1937, 1944, 1950, 1955, 1961), First Baptist Church (1955, 1968), Alexander Martin Smith House (1893–1897) designed by George Franklin Barber, the Gwyn-Chatham-Gwyn House (c. 1872, 1911, 1936), Richard Gwyn Smith House (c. 1918), and Mason Lillard House (c. 1910).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722330