Addison Apartments
apartment building in Charlotte, North Carolina
Addison Apartments is a historic apartment building located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a nine-story, steel frame building sheathed in light brick and cast stone. The Classical Revival-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 with a deck.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The public source identifies “Addison Apartments” as apartment building in Charlotte, North Carolina. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Addison, Apartments and apartment.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19460103. Authority coordinates are 35.214, -80.845. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1926 and 1990.
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