Frederick Apartments - Charlotte, NC
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N 35° 13.899 W 080° 50.357
17S E 514624 N 3898744
The Frederick Apartments is a vintage apartment building that has retained its charm from the 1920's when it was built all the way to present day. It has received several historic awards.
Waymark Code: WMDHPB
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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This reddish-yellow brick apartment building is a three-story mid-rise apartment complex of 36 units. Built in 1927 during a housing boom in Charlotte, it has retained its classic lines and charming atmosphere of the 1920s - 1940s era to this present day.
The Frederick Apartments building was designated a Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Site, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, and was received the Charlotte Historic District Landmark Award in 2003. Furthermore, there is a plaque commemorating that newspaperman W. J Cash wrote his book "Mind of the South" while living in this building from 1939 - 1940.
Street address:
515 N Church Street
Charlotte, NC USA
28202


County / Borough / Parish: Mecklenburg County

Year listed: 2001

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1925-1949

Historic function: Domestic

Current function: Domestic

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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