Cary Historic District, Cary

Name: Cary Historic District
Address: Cary, United States

#13 among attractions in Cary

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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 built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration, Esther Ivey House, Captain Harrison P. Guess House, and Dr. John P. Hunter House. ()

Coordinates: 35°47'9"N, 78°46'56"W

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East CaryCary United States

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Cary Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Page-Walker Hotel, Sri Shirdi SaiBaba Mandir Of North Carolina, Ivey-Ellington House, Herbert Young Community Center.

~1450 ftNE
Museum
Page-Walker Hotel, Cary
8 min walk • The Page-Walker Hotel, also known as the Page-Walker Arts & History Center, is a historic house museum and former hotel located in Cary, North Carolina. The founder of the town of Cary, Allison Francis Page, built the Second Empire style hotel about 1868, and J. R. Walker bought it later.
1.4 miSW
35°46'37"N • 78°48'14"W
Sri Shirdi SaiBaba Mandir Of North Carolina, Cary
35 min walk • Temple
~1120 ftN
Historical place, Gothic Revival architecture
Ivey-Ellington House, Cary
6 min walk • Ivey-Ellington House is a historic home located at Cary, Wake County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1870 in the gothic cottage stye. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, "T"-plan, frame I-house with board-and-batten siding. It has a steeply pitched roof, decorative scalloped gable trim, and pointed-arch windows.
~1850 ftN
Sport venue, Sport
Herbert Young Community Center, Cary
9 min walk • The Herbert C. Young Community Center is the local community and recreation center in Cary, North Carolina. The center opened in 1991, and was the first such facility in the town.