Summit Avenue Historic District

Roughly bounded by Chestnut, E. Bessemer, Cypress, Dewey, Park, and Percy Sts., Greensboro, North Carolina. County/parish: Guilford.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 05, 1993. NRIS 93000768.

Part of Greensboro MPS (NRIS 64500361).

226 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Charles B. Aycock Historic District

From Wikipedia:

Summit Avenue Historic District

Summit Avenue Historic District, also known as the Dunleath Historic District and formally as the Charles B. Aycock Historic District, is a national historic district located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 226 contributing buildings in a middle- and upper-class residential section of Greensboro. The houses were largely built between the 1890s and 1930s and include notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, American Foursquare, and Bungalow / American Craftsman-style architecture. The Sigmund Sternberger House (1926) is listed separately. Other notable buildings include the John C. Clapp House (c. 1900-1905), Robert L. Potts House (c. 1900-1905), William B. Vaught House (c. 1906), Edgar B. Jennette House (c. 1925-1930), and the Charles B. Aycock School (1922) designed by Starrett & van Vleck.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717939