Elon College Historic District

Elon College Historic District
Alamance Building, Elon University, April 2007
Location S side of Haggard Ave. between William and O'Kelly, Elon, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°6′7″N 79°30′17″W / 36.10194°N 79.50472°W / 36.10194; -79.50472Coordinates: 36°6′7″N 79°30′17″W / 36.10194°N 79.50472°W / 36.10194; -79.50472
Area 9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built 1907 (1907), 1923-1927
Architect Hunter, Herbert B.; Stout, Joe W.
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP Reference # 88000166[1]
Added to NRHP March 22, 1988

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 Christian Science 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]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 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 2014-08-01.


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