Bald Creek Historic District

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Bald Creek Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Bald Creek Elementary School, June 2013
35°54′45″N 82°25′22″W / 35.91250°N 82.42278°W / 35.91250; -82.42278
Area	16.8 acres (6.8 ha)
Built	1938 (1938)
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Rustic Revival
NRHP reference No.	08001391^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 29, 2009

Bald Creek Historic District is a national historic district within the community of Bald Creek^[2] located about ten miles west of Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina.^[3]

The district encompasses 18 contributing buildings and 5 contributing structures in the Bald Creek community. The district includes notable examples of Bungalow / American Craftsman and Rustic Revival style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the C.W. Burton House (c. 1900), Burton-Howell House (c. 1930), Works Progress Administration supported Bald Creek Elementary School and Gymnasium (1938), Bald Creek United Methodist Church (1951-1955), Wilson House (c. 1930), and Glenn Proffitt House (c. 1920).^[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bald Creek Historic District
^ Bald Creek, NC, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1939 (1991 rev.)
^ Clay Griffith (August 2008). "Bald Creek Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.