Mitchell College Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

located at Statesville,

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. It encompasses 336 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site associated with

Mitchell Community College Mitchell Community College is a public community college with its main campus in Statesville, North Carolina and a second campus in Mooresville, North Carolina. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System. History The school ...

and the surrounding residential area in Statesville. The district includes notable examples of

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

, Queen Anne, and

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architecture dated between about 1885 and 1930. Located in the district is the oldest building and separately listed; the

Main Building, Mitchell College Main Building, Mitchell College is a historic building located on the campus of Mitchell Community College at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1854–1856, and is a three-story stuccoed brick building with a heroic h ...

(1854-1856). Other notable contributing resources are the Fourth Creek Burying Ground, George Anderson House (c. 1860), Friends Meeting House (c. 1875), Broad St. Methodist Church (1907), Congregation Emmanuel Synagogue (1891), McRorie House (c. 1880), Dr. Tom H. Anderson House (c. 1880), Dr. Julius Lowenstein House (c. 1890), Ludwig Ash House (c. 1910), L. N. Mills House (1925), Mills Apartment (c. 1930), R. A. Cooper House (1920), Statesville Woman's Club (1927), and the former Davis Hospital. It was listed on the

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in 1980, with a boundary increase in 2002.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Greek Revival architecture in North Carolina Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina Geography of Iredell County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Iredell County, North Carolina {{IredellCountyNC-NRHP-stub