Roughly along Lee Avenue, W. Main St., S. Academy St., and W. Raleigh St., Sanford, North Carolina. County/parish: Lee.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 06, 2002. NRIS 02000944.
Part of Lee County MPS (NRIS 64500366).
70 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Lee Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina. It encompasses 70 contributing buildings in the historic village of Jonesboro, now part of Sanford. The district includes notable examples of Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture, with buildings largely dated between about 1882 to the 1940s. Notable buildings include the Pierce-Seawell House (c. 1882), Barnes House (c. 1886), Jonesboro Methodist Church Parsonage (c. 1885), Lonnie Thomas House (1941), and Jonesboro Baptist Church (1950).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718123