Addison Apartments is a historic

apartment An apartment (American English, Canadian English), flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), tenement (Scots English), or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that ...

building located at Charlotte,

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Mecklenburg County () is a County (United States), county located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 1,115,482, making it th ...

. It was built in 1926, and is a nine-story, steel frame building sheathed in light brick and cast stone. The

Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassic ...

-style building consists of a two-story base, six-story shaft, and one-story capital with a distinctive stepped pediment. The front facade features a two-story

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cu ...

with a deck. It was listed on the

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in 1990.

References

Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina Residential buildings completed in 1926 Residential buildings in Charlotte, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 1926 establishments in North Carolina Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina {{MecklenburgCountyNC-NRHP-stub