Main Building, Statesville

Name: Main Building
Address: Statesville, United States

#11 among attractions in Statesville

Greek Revival architecture

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Main Building, Mitchell College is a historic building located on the campus of Mitchell Community College at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1854–1856, and is a three-story stuccoed brick building with a heroic hexastyle Doric order portico in the Greek Revival style. It is T-shaped in plan, 13 bays wide and 3 bays deep, with a five-bay-deep and three-bay-wide wing. Atop the roof is an octagonal wooden cupola. An east wing, Shearer Music Hall, was added to the structure in 1907. ()

Built: 1854 (170 years ago)Coordinates: 35°46'58"N, 80°53'39"W

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Main Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fourth Creek Congregation, Vance House Museum, Iredell Museums, Statesville Historical Collection.

~1370 ftNE
Church
Fourth Creek Congregation, Statesville
7 min walk • The community of the Fourth Creek Congregation was a group of Scots-Irish Presbyterians who first arrived in the Province of North Carolina in the mid to late 1730s and established a congregation by 1750 under pastor John Thompson in Anson County which became Rowan County in 1753 and finally Iredell County in 1788.
~1580 ftS
35°46'43"N • 80°53'36"W
Vance House Museum, Statesville
8 min walk • Museum
~1670 ftE
Park
Iredell Museums, Statesville
9 min walk • The Iredell County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1899, and is a two- to three-story, square Beaux Arts building.
~1940 ftNE
35°47'11"N • 80°53'22"W
Statesville Historical Collection, Statesville
10 min walk • History museum, Museum, Park
~1150 ftNE
Synagogue
Congregation Emanuel, Statesville
6 min walk • Congregation Emanuel is a Conservative synagogue in Statesville, North Carolina. Built in 1891, it is the oldest house of worship in Statesville and the third oldest synagogue building in the state.
0.6 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Center Street A.M.E. Zion Church, Statesville
15 min walk • Center Street A.M.E. Zion Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion church located on S. Center Street in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1903, and is a one-story, three bay by seven bay, Late Gothic Revival style brick building.
~1980 ftE
Romanesque revival architecture, Romanesque architecture
United States Post Office and County Courthouse, Statesville
10 min walk • The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, also known as Statesville City Hall, is a historic post office and courthouse building located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by Willoughby J. Edbrooke and built in 1891.
0.6 miE
Church
St. Philip's Roman Catholic Church, Statesville
15 min walk • Key Memorial Chapel, formerly the Roman Catholic parish church of Saint Philip the Apostle, is a historic Roman Catholic chapel located at 150 E. Sharpe Street in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It is considered within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte.
0.6 miW
Neighbourhood, Victorian architecture
Statesville Commercial Historic District, Statesville
16 min walk • Statesville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It encompasses 54 contributing buildings in the central business district of Statesville. The district includes notable examples of Late Victorian architecture dated between about 1875 and 1925.
0.7 miNE
Neighbourhood, Victorian architecture
East Broad Street–Davie Avenue Historic District, Statesville
19 min walk • 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.
0.6 miW
Neighbourhood, Colonial revival architecture
South Race Street Historic District, Statesville
16 min walk • South Race Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It encompasses 85 contributing buildings in a planned mixed residential and commercial section of Statesville.

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Nearby attractions include Mitchell Community College, Statesville (1 min walk), Congregation Emanuel, Statesville (6 min walk), Fourth Creek Congregation, Statesville (7 min walk), Vance House Museum, Statesville (8 min walk).