Roughly along Dry Ave., S. Academy St., and Park St., Cary, North Carolina. County/parish: Wake.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 25, 2001. NRIS 01000425.
Part of Wake County MPS (NRIS 64500376).
39 contributing buildings.
Cary Historic District is a national historic district located at Cary, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 39 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Cary. The district developed between about 1890 and 1945, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the former Cary High School (Later Cary Elementary School at application, now Cary Arts Center) built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration, Esther Ivey House (c. 1890), Captain Harrison P. Guess House (1830s, c. 1900), and Dr. John P. Hunter House (c. 1925).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718635