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Pineville Commercial Historic District

Pineville Commercial Historic District: Early Commercial, National Register listed 2011-08-05.

Row of one and two-storey small-town shopfronts with signs reading Gun Shop, Sophie's and Antiques, a motorcycle parked at the kerb.
Pineville Commercial Historic District. Deshort · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Address310-333 Main St. and 105-109 Dover St., Pineville
Architectural styleEarly Commercial
National Registerref 11000510, listed 2011-08-05
Research depthdossier, independently sourced

What we established, and from where

  • This is the business district of the town of Pineville, about ten miles south of Charlotte, and is not part of Charlotte.

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  • The district is concentrated along the 300 block of Main Street and the 100 block of Dover Street.

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  • Pineville was incorporated in 1873 and developed as a cotton-mill town and mule-trading centre.

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  • Younts General Store of about 1873 is the oldest building in the district.

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  • All fifteen resources in the district are contributing and none are noncontributing.

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  • The town's railroad station was relocated outside Pineville in 1978.

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The primary source

The National Register nomination is the fullest account of this property that exists, written by a researcher and reviewed by the State Historic Preservation Office. The nomination (National Park Service).

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