East Broad Street–Davie Avenue Historic District
historic district in North Carolina, United States
East Broad Street–Davie Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It encompasses 65 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Statesville. The district includes notable examples of Late Victorian architecture and were mainly built between about 1880 and 1930. Notable buildings include the Elma Apartments building (late 1920s), Matt-Simons House, J. S. Ramsey House (c. 1885), and Major H. L. Allison House.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The public source identifies “East Broad Street–Davie Avenue Historic District” as historic district in North Carolina, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around East, Broad and Street.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19461473. Authority coordinates are 35.788, -80.883. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1880, 1930, 1885 and 1980.
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